Between the orient and the occident. transformations of the thousand and one nights Uniwersytet śląski

Tytuł Between the Orient and the Occident. Wyd. 2 zm. Podtytuł Transformations of „The Thousand and One Nights" Autor Marta Mamet-Michalkiewicz Język angielski Wydawnictwo Uniwersytet Śląski ISBN 978-83-8012-474-5 seria Prace Naukowe UŚ; Historia Literatur Obcych Rok wydania 2015 Katowice Wydanie 2 liczba stron 168 Format pdf Spis treści List of Contents

Introduction
Averroes’ Search? / 9

Chapter One
The Origins, Translations and Generic Space of The Arabian Nights / 17
Folk or Children’s Literature? On the Need for Interdisciplinary Research / 17
Nomadic Tales: The Origins and History of The Thousand and One Nights / 28
Translations of The Arabian Nights or Mythologization of the Orient? / 33
The Thousand and One Nights and Orientalism / 47

Chapter Two
In Search of Ariadne’s Thread: The Tales, Scheherazade(s), Odalisques and Termagants / 57
The Frame Story as the Parergon / 57
Scheherazade in the Magic Mirror of Representation / 69
Odalisques or Termagants? The Female Characters in The Arabian Nights / 79
Storytelling as the Art of Seduction / 92

Chapter Three
Entering the Labyrinth: The Thousand and One Nights in Contemporary Literature(s) / 101
The Thousand and One Nights as the Intertext in Contemporary Literatures: An Outline / 101
Scheherazade’s Successors: "Oriental" Femininity Regained? / 110
Mapping "Oriental" Paradise: Harems and Odalisques / 128
Metafictional Seductions and Narrative Journeys / 141

Conclusions / 149

Bibliography / 153

Streszczenie / 159
Résumé / 162