Disputation Literature in the Near East and Beyond
Disputation literature is a type of text in which usually two non-human entities (such as trees, animals, drinks, or seasons) try to establish their superiority over each other by means of a series of speeches written in an elaborate, flowery register. As opposed to other dialogue literature, in disputation texts there is no serious matter at stake only the preeminence of one of the litigants over its rival. These light-hearted texts are known in virtually every culture that flourished in the Middle East from Antiquity to the present day, and they constitute one of the most enduring genres in world literature. The present volume collects over…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Mittermayer, Catherine (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-5015-1707-5
- EAN: 9781501517075
- Produktnummer: 31180228
- Verlag: deGruyter Boston
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 470 S.
- Masse: H23.7 cm x B16.4 cm x D3.2 cm 819 g
- Abbildungen: 11 b/w and 4 col. ill., 8 b/w tbl.
- Reihenbandnummer: 25
- Gewicht: 819
Über den Autor
Enrique Jiménez, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Catherine Mittermayer, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
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