Module ARA3197 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA3197: The Arabian Nights: Perception and Reception
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. 3 vols. Translated by Malcolm and Ursula Lyons (2008).
The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia. 2 vols. Edited by Ulrich Marzolph (2004).
Borges, J. L, “The Translators of the 1001 Nights” (1936).
Burton, R. “Terminal Essay,” from his translation of The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night (1885).
Gerhardt, M. The Art of Story Telling (1963).
Hejaiej, M. (1996) Behind Closed Doors: Women’s Oral Narratives in Tunis, London: Quartet
Irwin, R. The Arabian Nights: A Companion (1994).
Muhawi, I. Speak Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Folk Tales (1989).
Piero Pasolini, Il fiore delle mille e una notte (1974).
Warner, M. Stranger Magic: Charmed States and the Arabian Nights (2011).
