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Ruse and wit : the humorous in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish narrative / edited by Dominic Parviz Brookshaw.
Series: Ilex foundation series ; 8Publication details: Boston, Mass. : Ilex Foundation ; Center for Hellenic Studies, 2012.Description: 166 p. ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780674066700 (pbk.) :
- 0674066707 (pbk.) :
- PJ809 .R87 2012
Contents:
Introduction / Dominic Parviz Brookshaw -- Amphigory and other nonsense in classical Arabic literature / Geert Jan van Gelder -- Persian humor in the international context / Ulrich marzolph -- Have you heard the one about the man from Qazvin? regionalist humor in the works of Ubayd-i Zākānī / Dominic Parviz Brookshaw -- Bawdy anecdotes in religious settings: examples from medieval Persian literature / Olga M. Davidson -- Playful figures of script in Persian and Chinese / Paul Sprachman -- Despots of the world unite! satire in the iranian constitutional press: the Majalla-yi istibdād, 1907-1908 / Ali Gheissari -- Humor for in-betweeners: Sādiq Hidāyat's myth of creation as a cross-cultural phenomenon / Marta Simidchieva -- Ottoman Karagöz and Greek shadow theater: communicational shifts and variants in a multi-ethnic and ethnic context / Anna Stavrakopoulou.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | PJ 809 .R87 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5106324 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Dominic Parviz Brookshaw -- Amphigory and other nonsense in classical Arabic literature / Geert Jan van Gelder -- Persian humor in the international context / Ulrich marzolph -- Have you heard the one about the man from Qazvin? regionalist humor in the works of Ubayd-i Zākānī / Dominic Parviz Brookshaw -- Bawdy anecdotes in religious settings: examples from medieval Persian literature / Olga M. Davidson -- Playful figures of script in Persian and Chinese / Paul Sprachman -- Despots of the world unite! satire in the iranian constitutional press: the Majalla-yi istibdād, 1907-1908 / Ali Gheissari -- Humor for in-betweeners: Sādiq Hidāyat's myth of creation as a cross-cultural phenomenon / Marta Simidchieva -- Ottoman Karagöz and Greek shadow theater: communicational shifts and variants in a multi-ethnic and ethnic context / Anna Stavrakopoulou.
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