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The Arabic Fable
An Inventory of Short Stories Featuring Speaking Animals and Other Nonhuman Characters in Premodern Arabic Literature
Series: - Global Arabic Literary Cultures, Volume: 3
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This is the first attempt to provide a representative inventory of fables documented in premodern Arabic literature. The introduction presents a detailed effort to define the Arabic fable and a condensed historical survey together with a short assessment of the content characteristics of the Arabic fable proper. An annotated bibliography discusses significant contributions to the study of the Arabic fable in detail. The bookâs main body surveys a total of 330 numbered fables with short summaries, exhaustive references, and concise comments. The detailed documentation recognizes the Arabic fable as the long neglected equal of its dominantly perceived Graeco-Latin sibling.
Ulrich Marzolph, Dr. phil. (1981), Cologne, is a retired adjunct Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Göttingen, Germany. His field of expertise is the narrative culture of the Muslim world on which he has published widely.
Preface
Abbreviations and Concordance of Numbers
Introduction
â1âFables in Premodern Arabic Literature: Two Strands of Tradition
â2âTowards a Definition of the Arabic Fable
â3âData Relevant for the History of the Arabic Fable
â4âFables in Authored Literature
â5âContent Characteristics of the Arabic Fable Proper
Annotated Bibliography
I. Scattered Fables (SF; nos.1â160)
II. Fables in Literature (nos.161â330)
âA.âIbn al-MuqaffaÊ¿, KalÄ«la wa-Dimna (KD; nos.161â208)
âB.âQiṣṣat JalÄ«Ê¿Äd wa-ShÄ«mÄs (JSh; nos.209â217)
âC.âQiṣṣat Malik BalÄsh (MB; nos.218â221)
âD.âBilawhar wa-BÅ«dhÄsaf (BB; no.222)
âE.âIbn al-HabbÄriyya, al-á¹¢Ädiḥ wa-âl-bÄghim (á¹¢B; nos.223â229)
âF.âal-KalÄÊ¿Ä«, IḥkÄm á¹£anÊ¿at al-kalÄm (KI; nos.230â232)
âG.âIbn áºafar al-á¹¢iqillÄ«, SulwÄn al-muá¹ÄÊ¿ fÄ« Ê¿udwÄn al-atbÄÊ¿ (SM; nos.233â241)
âH.âQiṣṣat ḤayqÄr (QḤ; nos.242â257)
âI.âAmthÄl LuqmÄn al-ḥakÄ«m (AL; nos.258â289)
âJ.âIbn Ê¿ArabshÄh, FÄkihat al-khulafÄʾ wa-mufÄkat al-áºurafÄʾ (FKh; nos.290â313)
âK.âAlf Layla wa-layla (ALL; nos.314â329)
III. Supplement (S; no.330)
IV. Appendix: Concordance for the Fables in the Manuscripts Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, arabe 3463 and arabe 3464
Appendix: Arabic Texts of the Scattered Fables (Selection)
Bibliography
Concordance of References to Major Reference Works, Studies, and Translations
Index of Primary Sources (Arabic Authors and Works)
List of Primary Sources (Arabic Authors and Works) in Chronological Sequence
Index of Non-Human Characters Acting in the Fables
General Index
Abbreviations and Concordance of Numbers
Introduction
â1âFables in Premodern Arabic Literature: Two Strands of Tradition
â2âTowards a Definition of the Arabic Fable
â3âData Relevant for the History of the Arabic Fable
â4âFables in Authored Literature
â5âContent Characteristics of the Arabic Fable Proper
Annotated Bibliography
Inventory of Fables in Premodern Arabic Literature
I. Scattered Fables (SF; nos.1â160)
II. Fables in Literature (nos.161â330)
âA.âIbn al-MuqaffaÊ¿, KalÄ«la wa-Dimna (KD; nos.161â208)
âB.âQiṣṣat JalÄ«Ê¿Äd wa-ShÄ«mÄs (JSh; nos.209â217)
âC.âQiṣṣat Malik BalÄsh (MB; nos.218â221)
âD.âBilawhar wa-BÅ«dhÄsaf (BB; no.222)
âE.âIbn al-HabbÄriyya, al-á¹¢Ädiḥ wa-âl-bÄghim (á¹¢B; nos.223â229)
âF.âal-KalÄÊ¿Ä«, IḥkÄm á¹£anÊ¿at al-kalÄm (KI; nos.230â232)
âG.âIbn áºafar al-á¹¢iqillÄ«, SulwÄn al-muá¹ÄÊ¿ fÄ« Ê¿udwÄn al-atbÄÊ¿ (SM; nos.233â241)
âH.âQiṣṣat ḤayqÄr (QḤ; nos.242â257)
âI.âAmthÄl LuqmÄn al-ḥakÄ«m (AL; nos.258â289)
âJ.âIbn Ê¿ArabshÄh, FÄkihat al-khulafÄʾ wa-mufÄkat al-áºurafÄʾ (FKh; nos.290â313)
âK.âAlf Layla wa-layla (ALL; nos.314â329)
III. Supplement (S; no.330)
IV. Appendix: Concordance for the Fables in the Manuscripts Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, arabe 3463 and arabe 3464
Appendix: Arabic Texts of the Scattered Fables (Selection)
Bibliography
Concordance of References to Major Reference Works, Studies, and Translations
Index of Primary Sources (Arabic Authors and Works)
List of Primary Sources (Arabic Authors and Works) in Chronological Sequence
Index of Non-Human Characters Acting in the Fables
General Index
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