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dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-08T12:27:10Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-02-08T12:27:10Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1970 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Marshall, D. R. (1970). An Arab humorist : Al-Jahiz and 'The Book of Misers'. Journal of the Faculty of Arts, 4(2), 77-97. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/39739 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Before the advent of Islam and the subsequent collection into one volume of those formal utterances which Muhammad accepted as being divinely inspired, the Koran, there was no prose literature in Arabic. Poetry, however, - and poetry of a high standard - had made its appearance by the 5th century of our era, and, apart from a temporary setback during the early days of Islam when poets came into a certain disrepute since they were regarded as being inspired by jinn, it was to progress steadily, finding new themes and new styles. Although for some time the Koran remained the sole example of Arabic prose literature, it was soon to be followed by other prose literature, and its influence on this latter was to be tremendous. It was due to the flexibility given to it by the Koran that 'Arabiya (High Arabic) could be quickly developed and adapted to different literary needs. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | University of Malta. Faculty of Arts | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Arabic literature | en_GB |
dc.subject | Humor in literature | en_GB |
dc.subject | Wit and humor -- Religious aspects | en_GB |
dc.subject | Jahiz, -868 or 869 -- Humor | en_GB |
dc.subject | Jahiz, -868 or 869. Bukhala | en_GB |
dc.title | An Arab humorist : Al-Jahiz and 'The Book of Misers' | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | N/A | en_GB |
dc.publication.title | Journal of the Faculty of Arts | en_GB |
dc.contributor.creator | Marshall, David R. | - |
Appears in Collections: | Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Volume 4, Issue 2 Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Volume 4, Issue 2 |
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