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The Story of a Desert Knight
P. M. Kurpershoek
其他書名
The Legend of Šlēwīḥ Al-ʻAṭāwī and Other ʻUtaybah Heroes : an Edition with Translation and Introduction
出版BRILL, 1995
主題History / Middle East / GeneralLiterary Criticism / GeneralLiterary Criticism / Middle EasternSocial Science / Folklore & Mythology
ISBN97890041010299004101020
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2zVK3zZjfVEC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The Story of a Desert Knight is the second volume of a trilogy entitled Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia. It is devoted to the narratives told about and the poems composed by Slēwīḥ al-'Aṭāwi and his brother Bxīt, both famous desert knights in the middle and second half of the nineteenth century. The principal source of this book is Slēwīḥ's great-grandson Xālid, a sheikh of the 'Utaybah tribe.
The introduction discusses inter alia the general characteristics of Bedouin oral culture, the linguistic, prosodic and stylistic features of the text, and Xālid's use of his ancestors' oral legacy in order to enhance his position in the tribal hierarchy of prestige. In addition to the translation of the oral text this volume offers a complete transcription, based on taped records and including variants found in published Saudi sources, and a substantial glossary.