What is it about?
This artical about black huomr in al-Jahiz's work “al-Tarbīʿ wa al- tadwīr” This study attempts to investigate the relationship between the body and the burlesque regarding three aspects: (1) The theoretical aspect of the concept of humor literature in al-Jāḥiẓ’s critical approaches. (2) The function of the body as a subject of humor. (3) The effect of the stylistic form and the rhetorical and theological aspects on .generating laughter through the burlesque.
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Why is it important?
Humor is considered of central importance in al-Jāḥiẓ’s works, which present the image of ʽAbbāsid society. There is a research gap represented in the lack of recent studies which cover the use of humor in al-Jāḥiẓ’s works based on modern studies that depend on an intertwining of modern linguistics and literary studies
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This study would be be a new approach to analysis with black humor in classical Arabic prose.
Dr Rasha Jalees
Middlebury College
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This page is a summary of: Human Body as a Source of Humor: Humor via Ridicule in al-Jāḥiẓ al-Tarbīʿ wa al-Tadwīr as a Model, January 2022, Andromeda Publishing and Education Services,
DOI: 10.31526/awl.2022.248.
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