The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish is well known for his intertextual playfulness and inventive... more The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish is well known for his intertextual playfulness and inventiveness, and indeed, in one of his last books, Fī ḥaḍrat al-ghiyāb (In the Presence of Absence, 2006) he alludes to classical Arabic poetry, the Qurʾān, to and his own previous oeuvre. Drawing on a celebrated qaṣīda by the Umayyad poet Mālik Ibn al-Rayb as his model, Darwish composed this work as a funeral speech for himself. Essentially, it is an oration in prose, but snatches of poetry also appear in a stylistic pattern where rhetorical figures abound. Speaking from the barzakh between life and death, the poet reflects on his wordly existence from cradle to grave. Published less than two years before Darwish's death in August 2008, the text has the double character of prediction and testament. The thesis of this article is that the death of the author adds meaning to it not by his absence, but paradoxically, by his increased presence as an unavoidable point of reference and source of identification for the reader. 3 Roland Barthes, 'The Death of the Author', Aspen no. 5+6 (1967). In 1967, Aspen 5+6, a magazine in a box, was edited, or more properly compiled by Brian O'Doherty. Within Aspen 5+6, none of the texts are paginated. Barthes' essay is available at: www.ubu.com/aspen/aspen5and6/index.html 4 'The absence of the Author [...] is not only a historical fact or an act of writing; it utterly transforms the modern text (or-what is the same thing-the text is henceforth written and read so that in it, on every level, the Author absents himself)'. Translation by Richard Howard. Ibid.
Flersprakig antologi med Ekleof-oversattningar och essaer. Tolkningar av Ekelof pa arabiska, grek... more Flersprakig antologi med Ekleof-oversattningar och essaer. Tolkningar av Ekelof pa arabiska, grekiska, kurmaji, sorani, persiska, ryska, turkiska och tyska.
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra - tva varldar i en kropp eller tva kroppar i en varld? (Jabra Ibrahim Jabra: ... more Jabra Ibrahim Jabra - tva varldar i en kropp eller tva kroppar i en varld? (Jabra Ibrahim Jabra: Two Worlds in One Body, or Two Bodies in One World?)
... 23 23. On the popularity of 'animal stories' in modern Arabic narrative and for som... more ... 23 23. On the popularity of 'animal stories' in modern Arabic narrative and for some examples, see Abdo Abboud (1999) 'Animals Debating in Modern Arabic Narrative', in: Angelika ... The historicalhero, Mullah Salīm al-Bidlisī, develops wings and flies, turning into a fantasy figure. ...
The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish is well known for his intertextual playfulness and inventive... more The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish is well known for his intertextual playfulness and inventiveness, and indeed, in one of his last books, Fī ḥaḍrat al-ghiyāb (In the Presence of Absence, 2006) he alludes to classical Arabic poetry, the Qurʾān, to and his own previous oeuvre. Drawing on a celebrated qaṣīda by the Umayyad poet Mālik Ibn al-Rayb as his model, Darwish composed this work as a funeral speech for himself. Essentially, it is an oration in prose, but snatches of poetry also appear in a stylistic pattern where rhetorical figures abound. Speaking from the barzakh between life and death, the poet reflects on his wordly existence from cradle to grave. Published less than two years before Darwish’s death in August 2008, the text has the double character of prediction and testament. The thesis of this article is that the death of the author adds meaning to it not by his absence, but paradoxically, by his increased presence as an unavoidable point of reference and source of iden...
... Q sim al- bb (1909-1934): I÷ al-a'bu yawman ar da al-|ay h / fa-l budda an-... more ... Q sim al- bb (1909-1934): I÷ al-a'bu yawman ar da al-|ay h / fa-l budda an-yastaÞba al-qadar Wa l budda lil-layli an yanÞal / wa l budda li 'l-qaydi an yankasir (p. 191). 'If some day the people decided to ...
The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish is well known for his intertextual playfulness and inventive... more The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish is well known for his intertextual playfulness and inventiveness, and indeed, in one of his last books, Fī ḥaḍrat al-ghiyāb (In the Presence of Absence, 2006) he alludes to classical Arabic poetry, the Qurʾān, to and his own previous oeuvre. Drawing on a celebrated qaṣīda by the Umayyad poet Mālik Ibn al-Rayb as his model, Darwish composed this work as a funeral speech for himself. Essentially, it is an oration in prose, but snatches of poetry also appear in a stylistic pattern where rhetorical figures abound. Speaking from the barzakh between life and death, the poet reflects on his wordly existence from cradle to grave. Published less than two years before Darwish's death in August 2008, the text has the double character of prediction and testament. The thesis of this article is that the death of the author adds meaning to it not by his absence, but paradoxically, by his increased presence as an unavoidable point of reference and source of identification for the reader. 3 Roland Barthes, 'The Death of the Author', Aspen no. 5+6 (1967). In 1967, Aspen 5+6, a magazine in a box, was edited, or more properly compiled by Brian O'Doherty. Within Aspen 5+6, none of the texts are paginated. Barthes' essay is available at: www.ubu.com/aspen/aspen5and6/index.html 4 'The absence of the Author [...] is not only a historical fact or an act of writing; it utterly transforms the modern text (or-what is the same thing-the text is henceforth written and read so that in it, on every level, the Author absents himself)'. Translation by Richard Howard. Ibid.
Flersprakig antologi med Ekleof-oversattningar och essaer. Tolkningar av Ekelof pa arabiska, grek... more Flersprakig antologi med Ekleof-oversattningar och essaer. Tolkningar av Ekelof pa arabiska, grekiska, kurmaji, sorani, persiska, ryska, turkiska och tyska.
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra - tva varldar i en kropp eller tva kroppar i en varld? (Jabra Ibrahim Jabra: ... more Jabra Ibrahim Jabra - tva varldar i en kropp eller tva kroppar i en varld? (Jabra Ibrahim Jabra: Two Worlds in One Body, or Two Bodies in One World?)
... 23 23. On the popularity of 'animal stories' in modern Arabic narrative and for som... more ... 23 23. On the popularity of 'animal stories' in modern Arabic narrative and for some examples, see Abdo Abboud (1999) 'Animals Debating in Modern Arabic Narrative', in: Angelika ... The historicalhero, Mullah Salīm al-Bidlisī, develops wings and flies, turning into a fantasy figure. ...
The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish is well known for his intertextual playfulness and inventive... more The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish is well known for his intertextual playfulness and inventiveness, and indeed, in one of his last books, Fī ḥaḍrat al-ghiyāb (In the Presence of Absence, 2006) he alludes to classical Arabic poetry, the Qurʾān, to and his own previous oeuvre. Drawing on a celebrated qaṣīda by the Umayyad poet Mālik Ibn al-Rayb as his model, Darwish composed this work as a funeral speech for himself. Essentially, it is an oration in prose, but snatches of poetry also appear in a stylistic pattern where rhetorical figures abound. Speaking from the barzakh between life and death, the poet reflects on his wordly existence from cradle to grave. Published less than two years before Darwish’s death in August 2008, the text has the double character of prediction and testament. The thesis of this article is that the death of the author adds meaning to it not by his absence, but paradoxically, by his increased presence as an unavoidable point of reference and source of iden...
... Q sim al- bb (1909-1934): I÷ al-a'bu yawman ar da al-|ay h / fa-l budda an-... more ... Q sim al- bb (1909-1934): I÷ al-a'bu yawman ar da al-|ay h / fa-l budda an-yastaÞba al-qadar Wa l budda lil-layli an yanÞal / wa l budda li 'l-qaydi an yankasir (p. 191). 'If some day the people decided to ...
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