Sorry, but This is not White Hair: Excuse-Poems – a Special Rhetorical Device as Presented by aṣ-Ṣafadi
Basic data for this talk
Type of talk: scientific talk
Name der Vortragenden: Hees, Syrinx von
Date of talk: 24/06/2016
Talk language: English
Information about the event
Name of the event: Third Conference of the School of Mamluk Studies
Event period: 23/06/2016 - 25/06/2016
Event location: Chicago, U.S.A.
Event website: http://mamluk.uchicago.edu/sms-conference
Organised by: School of Mamluk Studies
Abstract
Aṣ-Ṣafadī (1297-1363) presents in two different works of his the same choice of poems concerned with the topic of “white hair” (aš-šayb): In his critique on Ḍiyāʾ ad-Dīn Ibn al-Aṯīr’s stile book Nuṣrat aṯ-ṯāʾir ʿalā al-Maṯal as-sāʾir, and in his commentary-anthology Ġayṯ al-musaǧǧam. In my contribution I would like to try to understand what was aṣ-Ṣafadī’s concern here? What are his criteria for putting just these poems together? I will argue that he was especially interested in the rhetorical device of excuse, discussing its features and its relevance for Mamluk literati.Keywords: Rhetorik; arabische; Arabistik
Speakers from the University of Münster
| von Hees, Syrinx | Professorship of Arabic literature and rhetoric (Prof. von Hees) |