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11 Karam il-Yatīm: A Translation of an Egyptian Folk Ballad
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Foreword xi
- Introduction xvii
- The Transcription of Both Classical and Colloquial Arabic xx
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PART 1 Fact Finding
- 1 Arabic Literatures, ‘Elite’ and ‘Folk’ – Junctions and Disjunctions 3
- 2 The Egyptian Mawwāl: Its Ancestry, its Development, and its Present Forms 19
- 3 The Nahḍa’s First Stirrings of Interest in Alf Layla 42
- 4 The Career of Muṣṭafā > Ibrāhīm < Ajāj: A Giant of Egyptian Popular Literature 51
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PART 2 Single or Related Items
- 5 The Prophet’s Shirt: Three Versions of an Egyptian Narrative Ballad 61
- 6 An Uncommon Use of Nonsense Verse in Colloquial Arabic 89
- 7 An Early Example of Narrative Verse in Colloquial Arabic 96
- 8 An Incomplete Egyptian Ballad on the 1956 War 102
- 9 An Honour Crime with a Difference 112
- 10 Pulp Stories in the Repertoire of Egyptian Folk Singers 119
- 11 Karam il-Yatīm: A Translation of an Egyptian Folk Ballad 130
- 12 Of Loose Verse and Masculine Beauty 140
- 13 A Zajal on the Mi<rāj Attributed to Al-Xubārī 147
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PART 3 Cultural and Social Implications
- 14 Two Perspectives on the ‘Other’ in Arabic Literature 161
- 15 Maltese: Arabic Roots and Sundry Grafts 178
- 16 Social Values Reflected in Egyptian Popular Ballads 191
- 17 Folk Themes in the Works of Najīb Surūr 203
- 18 Elite Treatment of Honour Crimes in Modern Egypt 214
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Foreword xi
- Introduction xvii
- The Transcription of Both Classical and Colloquial Arabic xx
-
PART 1 Fact Finding
- 1 Arabic Literatures, ‘Elite’ and ‘Folk’ – Junctions and Disjunctions 3
- 2 The Egyptian Mawwāl: Its Ancestry, its Development, and its Present Forms 19
- 3 The Nahḍa’s First Stirrings of Interest in Alf Layla 42
- 4 The Career of Muṣṭafā > Ibrāhīm < Ajāj: A Giant of Egyptian Popular Literature 51
-
PART 2 Single or Related Items
- 5 The Prophet’s Shirt: Three Versions of an Egyptian Narrative Ballad 61
- 6 An Uncommon Use of Nonsense Verse in Colloquial Arabic 89
- 7 An Early Example of Narrative Verse in Colloquial Arabic 96
- 8 An Incomplete Egyptian Ballad on the 1956 War 102
- 9 An Honour Crime with a Difference 112
- 10 Pulp Stories in the Repertoire of Egyptian Folk Singers 119
- 11 Karam il-Yatīm: A Translation of an Egyptian Folk Ballad 130
- 12 Of Loose Verse and Masculine Beauty 140
- 13 A Zajal on the Mi<rāj Attributed to Al-Xubārī 147
-
PART 3 Cultural and Social Implications
- 14 Two Perspectives on the ‘Other’ in Arabic Literature 161
- 15 Maltese: Arabic Roots and Sundry Grafts 178
- 16 Social Values Reflected in Egyptian Popular Ballads 191
- 17 Folk Themes in the Works of Najīb Surūr 203
- 18 Elite Treatment of Honour Crimes in Modern Egypt 214