Studies in Canonical and Popular Arabic Literature

A collection of eight articles by eminent Israeli scholars, who examine different aspects-of old and modern, classical and popular Arabic literary works. Included are: "Harun al-Rashid and the Brewer: Preliminary Remarks on the Adab of the Elite versus Hikayat," by J. Sadan, Tel Aviv University; "The Massacre of Husayn b. ‘Ali between History and Folklore," by G. Kanazi, Haifa University; "The Algerian Playwright Abraham Daninos and His Play Nazahat al-Mushtaq (1847) between Fusha and ‘Amiyyah," by S. Moreh, Hebrew University; "The Translations of Muhammad ‘Uthman Jalal: Between Innovation and Conservatism," by S. Ballas, Haifa University; "Rukbani and Nazm al-Banat: The Old and the New," by D. Semah, Haifa University; "Prison Literature," by M. Peled, Tel Aviv University; "Varieties of Language Usage in Dialogue in the Modern Egyptian Village Novel," by A. Elad-Bouskila, Bet Berel College; "Synchronic and Diachronic Dynamics in Modern Arabic Literature," by R. Snir, Haifa University.