The Mawwāl about the Snare and the Sparrow: A Late Medieval Colloquial Egyptian Verse Adaptation of Narrative(s) in Prose Rooted in Arabic Classical Literature
The paper presents a study and critical edition of an Egyptian mawwal about a hunter, a snare and a sparrow, contained in the seventeenth- century ce BNF, ms. arabe, 3571. It is a verse piece composed in colloquial Egyptian Arabic, whose narrative was known in a number of popular versions in prose m...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2018]
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Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 63, Issue: 1, Pages: 155-181 |
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| Summary: | The paper presents a study and critical edition of an Egyptian mawwal about a hunter, a snare and a sparrow, contained in the seventeenth- century ce BNF, ms. arabe, 3571. It is a verse piece composed in colloquial Egyptian Arabic, whose narrative was known in a number of popular versions in prose mostly in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries ce. This narrative has deep roots in classical Arabic literature. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-8556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Semitic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgx040 |