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Arabic
Arabic-language literature: pre-Islamic poetry, adab, maqamat, and neighboring links to Arabic Sufi texts.
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Texts
GlossaryA shelf-specific slice of the Good Works Glossary for Arabic literary and neighboring Sufi terms.Introduction to Arabic LiteratureA critical introduction to the Arabic shelf: qasida, Mu'allaqat, adab, maqamat, Bilawhar and Budhasaf, translation, and the boundary between Arabic literature and neighboring Islamic, Sufi, Persian, and Turkish shelves.Reader's Guide to Arabic LiteratureA source-conscious path through the Arabic shelf: the Mu'allaqat, the maqamat of al-Hamadhani and al-Hariri, the fourteen-part Bilawhar and Budhasaf sequence, and the neighboring Islamic and Sufi rooms.
Adab and Maqamat2 pages
Classical Arabic adab and maqamat: ornate prose, rhymed narrative, verbal performance, picaresque satire, and literary virtuosity.
Classical Poetry1 page
Classical Arabic poetry, including the pre-Islamic ode tradition and the Mu'allaqat.
Wisdom Literature14 pages
Arabic wisdom and narrative literature: Bilawhar and Budhasaf and related moral prose.