Disputation literature in the Near East and beyond
Disputation literature is a type of text in which usually two non-human entities (such as trees, animals, drinks, or seasons) try to establish their superiority over each other by means of a series of speeches written in an elaborate, flowery register. As opposed to other dialogue literature, in dis...
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Berlin ; Boston
De Gruyter
2020, ©2020
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| Series: | Studies in ancient near Eastern records
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Sumerian Precedence Debates
- 3. An Introduction to the Sumerian School Disputes
- 4. “She was dumbstruck and took it to heart”
- 5. The Tamarisk, the Date-Palm and the King
- 6. Antiques in the King’s Libraries
- 7. La «fable» égyptienne du Corps et de la Tête (tablette Turin CG 58004)
- 8. Opposing Voices in Ancient Egyptian Literature
- 9. Those Who Cannot Do, Reign?
- 10. Disputations in Syriac Literature
- 11. The Debate of Spring and Autumn in Arabic Literature
- 12. Night and Day in Islamicate Literary Disputation
- 13. Disputation Poems in Medieval Hebrew Literature in Spain
- 14. Debate in Iranian Literary Culture
- 15. The Rhetoric of Persian Verbal Contests
- 16. A Survey of Disputation Texts in Ottoman Literature
- 17. Dispute Poems in Armenian
- 18. Tradition and Innovation in the Early Medieval Latin Debates
- 19. Owls, Nightingales, Cuckoos and Other Feathered Disputants
- 20. De la dispute des clercs au dialogue des acteurs
- 21. Neo-Aramaic Dialogue and Dispute Poems
- 22. Modern Vernacular Disputation Poems from Bahrain and the Wider Gulf
- 23. Ludic Disputations in the East-Asian Cultural Sphere
- Index of Contestants