Islam and New Directions in World Literature
Sarah R. Bin Tyeer, Claire Gallien (editors)
Paperback, 384 pages
9781474484060
Since its advent, Islam has been a representational force to be reckoned with, cross-pollinating world literatures in Africa, Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean and the Americas. Yet, scholarship on Islam in world literatures has been sparse despite its significant presence. This book understands Islamic literary and cultural heritages as dynamic forces, constantly enriched and enlivened by various humanistic traditions in multiple languages, spanning the lives of individuals and societies throughout history. It is also designed to incorporate a variety of themes, influences, ramifications and representations of Islam in world literatures in classical and contemporary contexts.
Exploring Islam’s presence in world literatures in two strands: on the one hand, examining the orientalist versions and usages of Islam; and on the other hand, analysing the presence of Islam as Islamicate, this book advances a consideration of Islam as an agent in the history of World Literature.
Contents
1. The World Imaginaires of Islam: Islam and New Directions in World Literature - Sarah R. Bin Tyeer (Columbia University) & Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry - Montpellier 3)
2. Los moros de la hueste: Recovering the Islamicate in the Goths’ Lament - Gregory Hutcheson (University of Louisville)
3. Just One Word - Gil Anidjar (Columbia University)
4. Poems in Praise of the Prophet (madīḥ) as a Citizen of the Literary World - Walid Ghali (Aga Khan University)
5. The Place and Function of Imagination in Fulani Mystical Poetry (Massina, Mali) - Christiane Seydou (CNRS-Paris)
6. Vanishing Art, Genre-making: The Uyghur Storytelling Tradition and its Heritagization - Musapir
7. Friedrich Rückert’s Understanding of Islam and Poetic Translation of the Qur’ân - Georges Tamer (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) and Cüneyd Yıldırım (Münster Universität)
8. The "Islamic" Arabian Nights in World Imaginaries - Muhsin al-Musawi (Columbia University)
9. Where is World Literature? - Hamid Dabashi (Columbia University)
10. Praising the Prophet Muhammad in Chinese. A New translation and Analysis of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang’s Ode to the Prophet - Haiyun Ma (Frostburg State University) and Brendan Newlon (Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, NC)
11. A Fine Romance: Translating the Qissah as World Romance - Pasha M. Khan (McGill University)
12. Indonesia’s "Sastra Profetik" As Decolonial Literary Theory - Nazry Bahrawi (University of Washington)