Qur'ānic Stories: God, Revelation and the Audience

Explores the use of storytelling and narrative devices in the Qur'anExplores the use of storytelling and narrative devices in the Qur'anDraws on narratology, rhetoric and Qur'anic studies to develop a new methodologyExamines the interaction of the text, audience, characters and narrat...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ozgur Alhassen, Leyla (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
Series:Edinburgh Studies in Classical Arabic Literature : ESCAL
Subjects:
Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1043
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-739
DE-473
Volltext
Summary:Explores the use of storytelling and narrative devices in the Qur'anExplores the use of storytelling and narrative devices in the Qur'anDraws on narratology, rhetoric and Qur'anic studies to develop a new methodologyExamines the interaction of the text, audience, characters and narratorAnalyses Qur'anic commentary: classical and modern; Sunni, Sufi and Shi'iStudies stories that represent the variety of Qur'anic narrative: Surat Yūsuf; Surat Āl 'Imrān; Surat Maryam; Surat Ṭaha; and Surat al-QaṣaṣLeyla Ozgur Alhassen approaches the Qur'an as a literary, religious and oral text that affects its audience. She looks at how Qur'anic stories function as narrative: how characters and dialogues are portrayed; what themes are repeated; what verbal echoes and conceptual links are present; what structure is established; and what beliefs these narrative choices strengthen. Ozgur Alhassen argues that, in the Qur'an, some narrative features that are otherwise puzzling can be seen as instances in which God, as the narrator, centres himself while putting the audience in its place. In essence, this makes the act of reading an interaction between God and the audience
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (184 pages) 1 B/W illustrations 5 B/W tables
ISBN:9781474483209
DOI:10.1515/9781474483209

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Get full text