SeriesEdinburgh Studies in Classical Arabic Literature Ser.
FormatHardcover
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsThis monograph is an impressive addition to the growing number of studies on the Qur'an as a literary text. [...] For all readers of this extraordinary performative text, whatever their background, motive, or outlook, the stories come alive with a fresh, invigorating and engaging analysis, at once exploratory and comprehensive., By directing readers' attention to the Qur'an's narrative strategies for building relationships within and between some of its most important surahs, Ozgur Alhassen makes a welcome contribution to the growing number of studies focusing on the Qur'an's sophisticated rhetorical choices.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal297.1226
Table Of ContentIntroduction: A Narratological, Rhetorical Approach to Qur'anic StoriesKnowledge, Control and Consonance in Surat al 'Imran 3:33-62God, Families and Secrets in the Story of Surat Maryam 19:1-58 Chapter Four: Evidence, Judgment and Remorse in Surat YusufMerging Words and Making Connections in Surat ahaSurat al-Qaa and Its AudienceConclusions: Reading the Qur'an as God's Narrative
SynopsisLeyla Ozgur Alhassen approaches the Qur'an as a literary, religious and oral text to show 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., Leyla 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.