NMC2057H: Arabic Commentary tradition on the Poetry of al-Mutanabbi

There is a massive commentary tradition on Arabic medieval poetry. This course will cover the commentary tradition on the poetry of al-Mutanabbi. The poetry of al-Mutanabbi generated a heated debate among philologists and a tradition of commentary developed around the corpus of al-Mutanabbi. This corpus is massive and unstudied. The course will be a continuation of the commentary tradition studied on the Qur'an, it will allow students to deepen their knowledge of the commentary tradition. The focus of the course will be the commentary of al-Wahidi and Ibn Jinni. Students will become aware of the whole corpus but the readings will be from these two commentators.

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0.50

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In Class

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