Download or read book Kalila wa Dimna written by Munther Younes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specifically designed for students of Arabic, this fully illustrated rendition of the Arabic literary classic enhances students’ reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills through the medium of these fun, engaging, and culturally relevant tales. The first part of this second edition follows the original order of the stories, with new vocabulary explained in footnotes throughout. In the second part, grammar explanations and a wealth of exercises provide ample opportunities for readers to improve their understanding of the stories and strengthen their command of Arabic grammar and Arabic writing. The audio material, containing the texts of the stories read by native speakers, is available to download free online to help develop the learner’s listening skills. Suitable for both class use and independent study, Kalila wa Dimna: for Students of Arabic is a must for all intermediate to advanced students wishing to enhance their language skills and discover one of the most popular pieces of Arabic literature ever written.
Download or read book Kalila e Dimna written by Ramsay Wood and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2014-10-12 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Le storie superbe di Wood possono essere paragonate alle fiabe italiane di Italo Calvino. Non e necessario elogiare oltre. - Carlos FuentesOltrepassando confini linguistici e culturali, queste fiabe trascendono anche dagli archi temporali convenzionali. Abbondano di paradossi temporali. - Roger-Pol Droit (Le Monde)Kalila e Dimna o La Panchatantra (anche conosciuto in Europa dal 1483 come Le Fiabe di Bidpai) e una composizione di storie sugli animali e su diversi livelli, interconnesse l'una all'altra - a volte ci sono tre o quattro 'strati' di storie. Queste composizioni contribuiscono alla letteratura mondiale da piu di 2000 anni, essendo migrate attraverso antiche culture in una moltitudine di forme, scritte e orali. Tutte le nostre favole sugli animali, da Aesop ai racconti buddhisti Jataka, da La Fontaine a Uncle Remus, devono molto a questo libro strano e mutaforme.Piu di mille anni prima di Machiavelli, le fiabe in sanscrito della Panchatantra hanno trattato l'inganno, gli imbrogli politicali, l'omicidio, i nemici, i re, i dervisci, le scimmie, i leoni, gli sciacalli, le tartarughe, le cornacchie, e il come noi tutti cooperiamo (o meno!), viviamo e moriamo insieme, o in pace o in conflitto l'uno con l'altro. Questo e un libro pieno di animali e uomini che si comportano oltraggiosamente e che fanno delle cose favolosamente terribili (e tuttavia gentili a volte) l'uno all'altro. Queste sono storie gioiose, tristi, divertenti e a volte brutali, essendo il loro scopo quello di insegnare ad entrambi il re ed il cittadino i modi e mezzi del mondo, quelle realta dure che spesso si nascondono sotto la superficie della nostra soggettivita quotidiana e comoda.La composizione originale arabica, Kalila e Dimna (La Panchatantra in sanscrito ne e il precursore) apparentemente costituisce un manuale per sovrani, un cosidetto 'Specchio per Principi,' che illustra indirettamente, attraverso una marea di storie e versi didattici, il come (e il come non!) comandare il regno della Sua vita. Con una padronanza astutamente profonda della natura umana al suo meglio (e anche alla peggio!), queste fiabe sugli animali, che di solito evitano la critica moralistica umana, offrono un saggio e pratico consiglio a tutti noi.Basato sulla suo confronto di traduzioni erudite di testi chiave in Sanscrito, Arabo e Persiano, cosi come la versione del 1570 di Sir Thomas North, questo e in assoluto il primo racconto moderno in Oriente e Occidente da oltre 400 anni. Nella versione di Ramsay Wood, i significati profondi alla base di queste fiabe brillano, proprio come egli sa cogliere un mondo classico, rendendolo nuovo, rilevante, affascinante e incredibilemente piacevole da leggere.- - - -Wood's superb stories should be set alongside Italo Calvino's retelling of the folk tales of Italy. No higher praise is necessary. - Carlos FuentesCrossing linguistic and cultural frontiers, these fables also transcend conventional time-frames. They abound with temporal paradoxes. - Roger-Pol Droit (Le Monde)Kalila and Dimna or The Panchatantra (also known in Europe since 1483 as The Fables of Bidpai) is a multi-layered, inter-connected and variable arrangement of animal stories, with one story leading into another, sometimes three or four deep. These arrangements have contributed to world literature for over 2000 years, migrating across ancient cultures in a multitude of written and oral formats. All our beast fables from Aesop and the Buddhist Jataka Tales through La Fontaine to Uncle Remus owe this strange, shape-shifting 'book' a huge debt. Over a 1000 years before Machiavelli, the Sanskrit folk tales of The Panchatantra covered deceit, political skullduggery, murder, enemies, kings, dervishes, monkeys, lions, jackals, turtles, crows and how we all cooperate (or not!), live and die together in peace or conflict. This is a book full of outrageously behaved animals and humans doing the most delightfully awful (yet sometimes gentle) things to each other. These are joyous, sad, amusing and sometimes brutal stories; their function being to educate both king and commoner alike in the ways of the world, the harsh realities that can often lurk beneath the surface of our cozy, everyday subjectivity.In its original Arabic format, Kalila and Dimna (The Panchatantra being its Sanskrit precursor), ostensibly constitutes a handbook for rulers, a so-called 'Mirror for Princes' illustrating indirectly, through a cascade of teaching stories and verse, how to (and how not to!) run the kingdom of your life. In their slyly profound grasp of human nature at its best (and worst!) these animal fables, usually avoiding any moralistic human criticism, serve up digestible sage counsel for us all. Based on his collation of scholarly translations from key Sanskrit, Syriac, Arabic and Persian texts, as well as the 1570 English rendition by Sir Thomas North, this is the first uncompromisingly modern re-telling in either the East or West for over 400 years. In Ramsay Wood's version the profound meanings behind these ancient fables shine forth as he captures a great world classic, making it fresh, relevant, fascinating and hugely readable.
Download or read book Kal lah and Dimnah written by Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timeless fables of loyalty and betrayal Like Aesop’s Fables, Kalīlah and Dimnah is a collection designed not only for moral instruction, but also for the entertainment of readers. The stories, which originated in the Sanskrit Panchatantra and Mahabharata, were adapted, augmented, and translated into Arabic by the scholar and state official Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ in the second/eighth century. The stories are engaging, entertaining, and often funny, from “The Man Who Found a Treasure But Could Not Keep It,” to “The Raven Who Tried To Learn To Walk Like a Partridge” and “How the Wolf, the Raven, and the Jackal Destroyed the Camel.” Kalīlah and Dimnah is a “mirror for princes,” a book meant to inculcate virtues and discernment in rulers and warn against flattery and deception. Many of the animals who populate the book represent ministers counseling kings, friends advising friends, or wives admonishing husbands. Throughout, Kalīlah and Dimnah offers insight into the moral lessons Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ believed were important for rulers—and readers. A bilingual Arabic-English edition.
Download or read book Kashefi s Anvar e Sohayli written by Christine van Ruymbeke and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kashefi’s Anvar-e Sohayli (15th c. A.D.) is a Persian rewriting of the timeless and influential Kalila wa-Dimna text, done at the Timurid court. Christine van Ruymbeke offers a first in-depth analysis of the contents and style of this important text and also addresses the Kalila wa-Dimna field across its full rewriting history. This analysis shows how Kashefi’s additions function as an invaluable commentary that opens up our understanding and the appreciation of this seminal text. This studies revisits several received ideas and current misapprehensions about the text and shows why it has been such an international best-seller before being unjustly relegated to children’s literature. In Van Ruymbeke’s words, Kalila wa-Dimna is a grim text, exposing the mechanisms of sophisticated psychological manipulation and exploring universal philosophical themes, known since Antiquity and still relevant today.
Download or read book Kalila and Dimna written by Ramsay Wood and published by Medina Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KALILA AND DIMNA or The Panchatantra (also known in Europe since 1481 as The Fables of Bidpai) is a multi-layered, inter-connected and variable arrangement of animal stories, with one story leading into another, sometimes three or four deep. These arrangements have contributed to world literature for over 2000 years, migrating across ancient cultures in a multitude of written and oral formats. All our beast fables from Aesop and the Buddhist Jataka Tales through La Fontaine to Uncle Remus owe this strange, shape-shifting 'book' a huge debt. In its original Arabic format, Kalila and Dimna (The Panchatantra being its Sanskrit precursor), ostensibly constitutes a handbook for rulers, a so-called 'Mirror for Princes' illustrating indirectly, through a cascade of teaching stories and verse, how to (and how not to!) run the kingdom of your life. In their slyly profound grasp of human nature at its best (and worst!) these animal fables, usually avoiding any moralistic human criticism, serve up digestible wise counsel for us all. Based on his collation of scholarly translations from key Sanskrit, Syriac, Arabic and Persian texts, as well as the 1570 English rendition by Thomas North, this is the first uncompromisingly modern re-telling in either the East or West for over 400 years. In Ramsay Wood's version the profound meanings behind these ancient fables shine forth as he captures a great world classic, making it fresh, relevant, fascinating and hugely readable. His second volume of fables from KALILA AND DIMNA picks up where the first, Fables of Friendship and Betrayal, left off - covering deceit, political skullduggery, murder, enemies, deadly monsters, kings, bees, princesses, monkeys, lions, crocodiles and how we all live and die together in peace or conflict. This is a book full of outrageously behaved animals and humans doing the most delightfully awful (yet sometimes gentle) things to each other. These are joyous, sad, amusing and sometimes brutal stories; their function being to educate both king and commoner alike in the ways of the world, the harsh realities that can often lurk beneath the surface of our cozy, everyday subjectivity.
Download or read book A Companion to World Literature written by Ken Seigneurie and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2020-01-10 with total page 3808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to World Literature is a far-reaching and sustained study of key authors, texts, and topics from around the world and throughout history. Six comprehensive volumes present essays from over 300 prominent international scholars focusing on many aspects of this vast and burgeoning field of literature, from its ancient origins to the most modern narratives. Almost by definition, the texts of world literature are unfamiliar; they stretch our hermeneutic circles, thrust us before unfamiliar genres, modes, forms, and themes. They require a greater degree of attention and focus, and in turn engage our imagination in new ways. This Companion explores texts within their particular cultural context, as well as their ability to speak to readers in other contexts, demonstrating the ways in which world literature can challenge parochial world views by identifying cultural commonalities. Each unique volume includes introductory chapters on a variety of theoretical viewpoints that inform the field, followed by essays considering the ways in which authors and their books contribute to and engage with the many visions and variations of world literature as a genre. Explores how texts, tropes, narratives, and genres reflect nations, languages, cultures, and periods Links world literary theory and texts in a clear, synoptic style Identifies how individual texts are influenced and affected by issues such as intertextuality, translation, and sociohistorical conditions Presents a variety of methodologies to demonstrate how modern scholars approach the study of world literature A significant addition to the field, A Companion to World Literature provides advanced students, teachers, and researchers with cutting-edge scholarship in world literature and literary theory.
Download or read book Kalila and Dimna or The fables of Bidpai tr from the Arab by W Knatchbull written by Bīdpāī and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Routledge Hispanic Studies Companion to Medieval Iberia written by E. Michael Gerli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-30 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Hispanic Studies Companion to Medieval Iberia: Unity in Diversity draws together the innovative work of renowned scholars as well as several thought-provoking essays from emergent academics, in order to provide broad-range, in-depth coverage of the major aspects of the Iberian medieval world. Exploring the social, political, cultural, religious, and economic history of the Iberian Peninsula, the volume includes 37 original essays grouped around fundamental themes such as Languages and Literatures, Spiritualities, and Visual Culture. This interdisciplinary volume is an excellent introduction and reference work for students and scholars in Iberian Studies and Medieval Studies. SERIES EDITOR: BRAD EPPS SPANISH LIST ADVISOR: JAVIER MUÑOZ-BASOLS
Download or read book Fictional Storytelling in the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean and Beyond written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers an overview of the rich narrative material circulating in the medieval Mediterranean. As a multilingual and multicultural zone, the Eastern Mediterranean offered a broad market for tales in both oral and written form and longer works of fiction, which were translated and reworked in order to meet the tastes and cultural expectations of new audiences, thus becoming common intellectual property of all the peoples around the Mediterranean shores. Among others, the volume examines for the first time popular eastern tales, such as Kalila and Dimna, Sindbad, Barlaam and Joasaph, and Arabic epics together with their Byzantine adaptations. Original Byzantine love romances, both learned and vernacular, are discussed together with their Persian counterparts and with later adaptations of western stories. This combination of such disparate narrative material aims to highlight both the wealth of medieval storytelling and the fundamental unity of the medieval Mediterranean world. Contributors are Carolina Cupane, Faustina Doufikar-Aerts, Massimo Fusillo, Corinne Jouanno, Grammatiki A. Karla, Bettina Krönung, Renata Lavagnini, Ulrich Moennig, Ingela Nilsson, Claudia Ott, Oliver Overwien, Panagiotis Roilos, Julia Rubanovich, Ida Toth, Robert Volk and Kostas Yiavis.
Download or read book Turcologica Upsaliensia written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The richly illustrated essays in Turcologica Upsaliensia tell of scholars, travellers, diplomats and collectors who explored the Turkic-speaking world while affiliated with Sweden’s oldest university, at Uppsala, and who enriched the University Library with collections of Turkic cultural heritage objects.
Download or read book The Epic of Kings Hero Tales of Ancient Persia written by Firdausi and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia Firdausi - The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia (The Shahnameh) is an epic poem by the Persian poet Firdausi, written between 966 and 1010 AD. Telling the past of the Persian empire, using a mix of the mythical and historical, it is regarded as a literary masterpiece. Not only important to the Persian culture, it is also important to modern day followers of the Zoroastrianism religion. It is said that the poem was Firdausi's efforts to preserve the memory of Persia's golden days, following the fall of the Sassanid empire. The poem contains, among others, mentions of the romance of Zal and Rudba, Alexander the Great, the wars with Afrsyb, and the romance of Bijan and Manijeh.
Download or read book Burz y s Voyage to India and the Origin of the Book of Kal lah Wa Dimnah written by François de Blois and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Tales of Kalila and Dimna written by Ramsay Wood and published by Inner Traditions. This book was released on 2000 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tales of Kalila and Dimna originated almost 2000 years ago in a Sanskrit collection of animal stories called the Panchatantra, and have influenced modern fables from The Arabian Nights to The Canterbury Tales. Graced with Margaret Kilrenny's beautiful illustrations, the first two books of the Panchatantra's five are brilliantly rendered here by Ramsay Wood.
Download or read book Early Persian Painting written by Bernard O'Kane and published by I. B. Tauris. This book was released on 2003-08-23 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kalila wa Dimna (or The Fables of Bidpai ) is one of the gems of world culture, having been translated through the centuries everywhere from China to Spain. Kalila wa Dimna are subtle and suggestive moral tales– a kind of repository of wisdom and understanding about the human condition. It was the most commonly illustrated medieval Islamic texts. This book focuses on the group of seven Persian manuscripts from the second half of the 14th century, which contain several of the finest masterpieces of Persian painting. It is fully illistrated throughout with the paintings that accompany the fables.
Download or read book Haft Paykar written by Nizami and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-21 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It was a refreshing, old-fashioned pleasure to read Julie Scott Meisami’s verse translation of, and introduction and notes to, this twelfth-century Persian allegorical romance." —Orhan Pahmuk, in the Times Literary Supplement
Download or read book Forgotten Masters written by William Dalrymple and published by Philip Wilson Publishers. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the East India Company extended its sway across India in the late eighteenth century, many remarkable artworks were commissioned by Company officials from Indian painters who had previously worked for the Mughals. Published to coincide with the first UK exhibition of these masterworks at The Wallace Collection, this book celebrates the work of a series of extraordinary Indian artists, each with their own style and tastes and agency, all of whom worked for British patrons between the 1770s and the bloody end of the Mughal rule in 1857. Edited by writer and historian William Dalrymple, these hybrid paintings explore both the beauty of the Indian natural world and the social realities of the time in one hundred masterpieces, often of astonishing brilliance and originality. They shed light on a forgotten moment in Anglo-Indian history during which Indian artists responded to European influences while keeping intact their own artistic visions and styles. These artists represent the last phase of Indian artistic genius before the onset of the twin assaults - photography and the influence of western colonial art schools - ended an unbroken tradition of painting going back two thousand years. As these masterworks show, the greatest of these painters deserve to be remembered as among the most remarkable Indian artists of all time.
Download or read book Kalila and Dimna written by Ramsay Wood and published by Saqi Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of Ramsay Wood's definitive English retelling of The Fables of Bidpai.
