Inquiries into Proto-World Literatures The Challenging “Literary Fate” of the Quatrain across the Persian and Arabic Literary Tradition

Western studies on Persian metrical system debate the linguistic origins of quatrains, (Per. robāʽiyyāt - Ar. rubāʽiyyāt) in Arabic, and regard prosodic Persian schemes independently of Arabic counterparts, despite reciprocally influenced metrical patterns. Attempts to dismantle Arabo-centric critic...

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Published in:	Vol 13 (2019)
Main Author:	Fontana, Chiara
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	Rhetorical and Metrical Studies Rubā‛iyyāt Quatrains World literature Persian and Arabic Literatures Comparative Philology
Online Access:	Online Access
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