A mobile Point of View: a New Reading of Al-Gâhiz' Book of Misers and of Al-Hamadhâni's and Al-Harîrî' Maqamats
Hoda Chamel Abaza;
Abstract
This study is based on a polyphonic interpretation of two masterpieces of Arabic Literature: The Misers of Al-Gâhiz, a work of the ninth century, the Maqamat (or short stories) by Al-Harîrî', edited in the twelfth century. Two works that share two features:
a) they are fragmentary works; b) they demonstrate a didactic purpose in the preface or the afterword, the textual space called by Gérard Genette "paratext".
This study combines two methodological approaches: the Bakhtinian polyphony theory and Rabatel's description of point of view, with the aim to unveil the subversive discourse underlying the seemingly homogeneous and monologal discourse.
a) they are fragmentary works; b) they demonstrate a didactic purpose in the preface or the afterword, the textual space called by Gérard Genette "paratext".
This study combines two methodological approaches: the Bakhtinian polyphony theory and Rabatel's description of point of view, with the aim to unveil the subversive discourse underlying the seemingly homogeneous and monologal discourse.
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| Title | A mobile Point of View: a New Reading of Al-Gâhiz' Book of Misers and of Al-Hamadhâni's and Al-Harîrî' Maqamats | Authors | Hoda Chamel Abaza | Issue Date | Mar-2003 | Publisher | Faculty of Arts Ain Shams University | Journal | Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Arts Ain shams University | Start page | 1 | End page | 14 | Conference | New Readings of Old Masters: 28-30 March 2003 |
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