Arabs and the Art of Storytelling

A Strange Familiarity

Autori

• Abdelfattah Kilito

Parametri

• 172 pagine
• 7 ore di lettura

• Saggistica
• Teorie Scientifiche

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Focusing on traditional Arab narratives, Kilito offers a modern critical perspective on celebrated texts like A Thousand and One Nights and Kalila and Dimna. He revitalizes these classic stories, often seen as static cultural artifacts, by providing fresh and iconoclastic insights that challenge conventional interpretations. This reassessment highlights the dynamic nature of storytelling in the Arab world, making it accessible and relevant to contemporary readers.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2014

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