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Did Tarafa actually steal from Imru' al‐Qays? On coincidence of thoughts and expressions (tawarud) in Arabic literary theory

Did Tarafa actually steal from Imru' al‐Qays? On coincidence of thoughts and expressions... Arabic and Middle Eastern Literatures, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2001 Did Tarafa Actually Steal From Imru5 al-Qays? On coincidence of thoughts and expressions (tazvdrud) in Arabic literary theory1 AMIDU SANNI I Background to the Theme The issue of literary ownership provoked and stimulated a fascinating debate in Arabic literary history and theory. Questions such as who treated what theme best, which poet lived off the work of another, who was the first poet to employ a specific idiom or a pattern of theme distribution, were common in the literary assemblies and discussions of the classical Islamic period. But one topic which seems to have generated an exceedingly remarkable interest has to do with the possibility or otherwise of two or more poets treating the same motif in similar or identical wording; that is, coincidence of phraseology and thoughts. The classical literary corpus exhibits not a few examples of poetical pieces which have similar wording although they are presumed to have been produced by different authors. Initially, this phenomenon evolved as an innocuous comedy in the literary tradition, but it later developed into a serious issue with far-reaching theoretical dimensions. For this study, a set of examples from Imru' al-Qays http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Arabic & Middle Eastern Literature Taylor & Francis

Did Tarafa actually steal from Imru' al‐Qays? On coincidence of thoughts and expressions (tawarud) in Arabic literary theory

Sanni, Amidu
Arabic & Middle Eastern Literature , Volume 4 (2): 20 – Jul 1, 2001
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Did Tarafa actually steal from Imru' al‐Qays? On coincidence of thoughts and expressions (tawarud) in Arabic literary theory

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Arabic and Middle Eastern Literatures, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2001 Did Tarafa Actually Steal From Imru5 al-Qays? On coincidence of thoughts and expressions (tazvdrud) in Arabic literary theory1 AMIDU SANNI I Background to the Theme The issue of literary ownership provoked and stimulated a fascinating debate in Arabic literary history and theory. Questions such as who treated what theme best, which poet lived off the work of another, who was the first poet to employ a specific idiom or a pattern of...
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Arabic and Middle Eastern Literatures, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2001 Did Tarafa Actually Steal From Imru5 al-Qays? On coincidence of thoughts and expressions (tazvdrud) in Arabic literary theory1 AMIDU SANNI I Background to the Theme The issue of literary ownership provoked and stimulated a fascinating debate in Arabic literary history and theory. Questions such as who treated what theme best, which poet lived off the work of another, who was the first poet to employ a specific idiom or a pattern of theme distribution, were common in the literary assemblies and discussions of the classical Islamic period. But one topic which seems to have generated an exceedingly remarkable interest has to do with the possibility or otherwise of two or more poets treating the same motif in similar or identical wording; that is, coincidence of phraseology and thoughts. The classical literary corpus exhibits not a few examples of poetical pieces which have similar wording although they are presumed to have been produced by different authors. Initially, this phenomenon evolved as an innocuous comedy in the literary tradition, but it later developed into a serious issue with far-reaching theoretical dimensions. For this study, a set of examples from Imru' al-Qays

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