Erzahlte Tradition

Historische und literarische Figuren im Werk von Zakariya Tamir. Eine narratologische Analyse

by Peter Dove

Book cover: Erzahlte Tradition

Extent: 208 pages

Publisher: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Literary Studies

Series: Literaturen im Kontext. arabisch - persisch - turkisch

Series volume number: 22

Language: German

(Hardback) (Published)

(June 2006)

ISBN: 9783895004612

Price: $44.00

Out of stock

Zakariyya Tamir (b. 1931) is generally considered to be one of the most innovative authors in contemporary Arabic literature. One characteristic of his short stories is how they take up and retell the historical and literary traditions in a variety of ways: in his texts Tamir works – and plays – with subjects, literary models, conventions, lore, and popular folk fictions. It is this work with and on tradition which this study explores in narratological and intertextual analyses. The study shows how Tamir narrates tradition and how he – through this very same narrative act – forges a new concept of tradition.

  • By (author) Peter Dove