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:	Middle East - Topics & Arguments
Main Author:	Fontana, Chiara
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Philipps-Universität Marburg 2019
Subjects:	Quatrains Rhetorical and Metrical Studies Persian and Arabic Literatures Rubā‛iyyāt Comparative Philology World literature General history of Asia; Middle East
Online Access:	Online Access
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