The individual and society: Salah 'Abdassabur's Layla wal-Majnun
The article examines the impact of the old Arabic Majnun and Layla love story on modern literature. It focuses on a study of Salah 'Abdassabur's verse drama "Layla wal-Majnun" (1970) and compares it to Louis Aragon's marxist-surrealist adaptation of the story, his romance &q...
| Published in: | Gesellschaftlicher Umbruch und Historie im zeitgenössischen Drama der islamischen Welt |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Steiner
1995
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| In: |
Gesellschaftlicher Umbruch und Historie im zeitgenössischen Drama der islamischen Welt
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| Further subjects: | B
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B Literature B Arabische Länder West Literature Moderne Kultur Abd-as-Sabur, Salah Aragon, Louis Settlement Cultural contact B Arab countries B West B The Modern B Cultural contact |
| Summary: | The article examines the impact of the old Arabic Majnun and Layla love story on modern literature. It focuses on a study of Salah 'Abdassabur's verse drama "Layla wal-Majnun" (1970) and compares it to Louis Aragon's marxist-surrealist adaptation of the story, his romance "Le fou d'Elsa" (1963). According to the article it is the simple structure of the Majnun-Layla story - the divergence between two lovers and society, and its theme - the unity of the triad of love, madness and poetry, that has attracted interest in the story in the Arab and Islamic world for centuries and in the West with surrealism. (DÜI-Mjr) |
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| ISBN: | 3515067051 |
| Contains: | In: Gesellschaftlicher Umbruch und Historie im zeitgenössischen Drama der islamischen Welt
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