Qur’ānic Stories

God, Revelation and the Audience

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Av Leyla Ozgur Alhassen, Berkeley) Ozgur Alhassen, Leyla (Visiting Scholar in the Department of Near Eastern Studies., University of California

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Explores the use of storytelling and narrative devices in the Qur'anExplores the use of storytelling and narrative devices in the Qur'anDraws on narratology, rhetoric and Qur'anic studies to develop a new methodologyExamines the interaction of the text, audience, characters and narratorAnalyses Qur'anic commentary: classical and modern; Sunni, Sufi and Shi'iStudies stories that represent the variety of Qur'anic narrative: Surat Y?suf; Surat ?l 'Imr?n; Surat Maryam; Surat ?aha; and Surat al-Qa?a?Leyla Ozgur Alhassen approaches the Qur'an as a literary, religious and oral text that affects its audience. She looks at how Qur'anic stories function as narrative: how characters and dialogues are portrayed; what themes are repeated; what verbal echoes and conceptual links are present; what structure is established; and what beliefs these narrative choices strengthen. Ozgur Alhassen argues that, in the Qur'an, some narrative features that are otherwise puzzling can be seen as instances in which God, as the narrator, centres himself while putting the audience in its place. In essence, this makes the act of reading an interaction between God and the audience.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-01-26
Mått156 x 234 x 10 mm
Vikt268 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieEdinburgh Studies in Classical Arabic Literature
Antal sidor184
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474483186

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Leyla Ozgur Alhassen is Visiting Scholar in the Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2011, focusing on Arabic literature. Dr Ozgur Alhassen has published articles in journals such as Religion and Literature, Religion and the Arts, Comparative Islamic Studies, The Muslim World and Journal of Qur’anic Studies.

Introduction: A Narratological, Rhetorical Approach to Qur’anic StoriesKnowledge, Control and Consonance in Surat Āl ‘Imrān 3:33–62God, Families and Secrets in the Story of Surat Maryam 19:1–58 Chapter Four: Evidence, Judgment and Remorse in Surat YūsufMerging Words and Making Connections in Surat ṬahaSurat al-Qaṣaṣ and Its AudienceConclusions: Reading the Qur’an as God’s Narrative