UID:
almahu_9949703515302882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004395800
Series Statement:
Handbook of oriental studies. Section one, the Near and Middle East ; Volume 131
Content:
In Arabic Oration: Art and Function , a narrative richly infused with illustrative texts and original translations, Tahera Qutbuddin presents a comprehensive theory of this preeminent genre in its foundational oral period, 7th-8th centuries AD. With speeches and sermons attributed to the Prophet Muḥammad, ʿAlī, other political and military leaders, and a number of prominent women, she assesses types of orations and themes, preservation and provenance, structure and style, orator-audience authority dynamics, and, with the shift from an oral to a highly literate culture, oration's influence on the medieval chancery epistle. Probing the genre's echoes in the contemporary Muslim world, she offers sensitive tools with which to decode speeches by mosque-imams and political leaders today.
Note:
Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Presentation -- Introduction -- The Preservation of Orations -- Structure of the Oration -- Style of the Oration -- Orators and Audience of the Oration -- The Sermon of Pious Counsel -- The Friday and Eid Sermon -- The Battle Oration -- The Political Speech -- Additional Categories -- Women's Orations -- The Oration's Influence on Arabic Prose Viewed in a Hybrid Oral-Written Continuum -- The Influence of the Classical Arabic Oration on Contemporary Muslim Sermons and Speeches -- Back Matter -- Appendix of Orations: References and Index -- Early Arabic Orators -- Arabic Literary Terms -- Bibliography -- General Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Arabic Oration: Art and Function Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, [2019], ISBN 9789004394407
Language:
English
