『千夜一夜物語』における空間、旅と変容 The Thousand and One Nights : Space, Travel and Transformation (Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures)

van Leeuwen, Richard

Routledge（2010/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 170 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780415597418
• DDC分類 398.22

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2007. This book examines The Thousand And One Nights in terms of the tales' narrative and one in particular, using the idea of the journey and mobility as a tool to understanding the work.

Full Description

This volume discusses The Thousand and One Nights' themes of space and travel showing how they are used not only as a setting in which the story unfolds, but also as the dynamic force which propels the heroes and the story to the final dénouement.

These events often symbolize a process of transformation, in which the hero has to search for his destined role or strive to attain the object of his desire. In this way, themes of travel are the narrative backbone of stories of various genres including love, religion, magic and adventure.

This book not only gives a fresh approach to many stories of the collection, but also proposes new insights in the nature of The Thousand and one Nights as a self-reflexive narrative and is essential reading for scholars of Arabic literature.

Contents

Introduction 1. Travelling, Boundaries and Narratives 2. Roads to Power 3. Night and Day: The Two Faces of Man 4. Marginality, Individuality and the Traveller 5. The Spirit of Place 6. The Domains of Love 7. Magic and the Logic of Narrative Space 8. Some Conclusions