<i>Throwing Down the Verbal Gauntlet</i>, The Arabic Invective of Jarir and al-Farazdaq

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-71625-4
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Throwing Down the Verbal Gauntlet showcases Arab “rapper” poets Jarir and al-Farazdaq. This eighth-century duo is best known for a series of verbal battles (flytings) they carried out over several decades. Verbal Gauntlet argues that these poets performed in order to elevate their own prestige, just as rappers do in modern-day “Dozens” battles. These were performances for performance’s sake, a first for a genre traditionally associated with settling tribal disputes. The book provides a new interpretation of this poetry and changes the way we see the intertwining roles of poet, opponent, and audience.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jorgensen, Cory

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Über Autor(innen)

Cory Jorgensen, Ph.D. (2012), University of Texas at Austin, is Assistant Professor of Arabic at George Washington University. He has published on classical Arabic literature and Arabic pedagogy, including, “Jarir and al-Farazdaq’s Naqa'id Performance,” Journal of Arabic Literature 54 (2023).