The Qur'an and the Aesthetics of Premodern Arabic Prose by Tyeer, R. New<-

The Quran and the Aesthetics of Premodern Arabic ProseAuthor(s): Sarah R. bin Tyeer\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9781349956012, 978-1349956012\nSynopsis\nThis book approaches the Quran as a primary source for delineating the definition of ugliness, and by extension beauty, and in turn establishing meaningful tools and terms for literary criticism within the discipline of classical Arabic literature (adab). Focusing on the aesthetic dimension of the Quran, this methodology opens up new horizons for reading adab by reading the tradition from within the tradition and thereby examining issues of decontextualisation and the untranslatable. This approach, in turn, invites Comparatists, as well as Arabists, to consider other means and perspectives for approaching adab besides the Bakhtinian carnival. Applying this critical strategy to literary works as diverse as One Thousand and One Nights and The Epistle of Forgiv.