On Pre-Islamic Poetry

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book critical study

On Pre-Islamic Poetry is a groundbreaking critical study by Egyptian scholar Taha Hussein that challenges the authenticity and traditional narratives surrounding Arabic poetry composed before Islam.

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instanceOf	book ⓘ critical study ⓘ
academicField	Arabic literature ⓘ intellectual history of the Arab world ⓘ philology ⓘ
author	Taha Hussein NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorNationality	Egyptian ⓘ
authorOccupation	literary critic ⓘ philologist ⓘ university professor ⓘ
challenges	authenticity of pre-Islamic Arabic poetry ⓘ traditional narratives of Arabic literary history ⓘ
controversy	accusations of undermining Arab heritage ⓘ provoked strong opposition from traditional scholars ⓘ sparked public debate in Egypt ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Egypt ⓘ
criticizes	traditional Arab literary scholarship ⓘ uncritical acceptance of transmitted poetry ⓘ
focusesOn	historical context of transmitted poems ⓘ linguistic evidence in poetic texts ⓘ relationship between poetry and the Qur’an ⓘ
genre	controversial literature ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ philological study ⓘ
hasPerspective	modernist approach to Arab heritage ⓘ skeptical view of transmitted poetic corpus ⓘ
impact	encouraged critical examination of classical sources ⓘ influenced later Arab intellectuals ⓘ reshaped modern Arabic literary criticism ⓘ
influencedBy	historical positivism ⓘ modern European philology ⓘ
mainSubject	Arabic literary criticism ⓘ historicity of pre-Islamic poetry ⓘ pre-Islamic Arabic poetry ⓘ
notableFor	integration of Western critical methods into Arabic scholarship ⓘ methodical doubt toward traditional attributions ⓘ
originalLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
proposes	many poems attributed to pre-Islamic era were fabricated later ⓘ political and tribal motives affected transmission of poetry ⓘ religious motives influenced fabrication of some poems ⓘ
publicationCentury	20th century ⓘ
relatedTo	Arab cultural identity debates ⓘ Islamic studies ⓘ history of Arabic literature ⓘ
usesMethod	historical criticism ⓘ philological analysis ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ

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