Le dialogue chez al-Muwayliḥī: une fascination pour le modèle théâtral?1

Autor: Randa Sabry
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Middle Eastern Literatures. 13:211-225
ISSN: 1475-2638
1475-262X
DOI: 10.1080/1475262x.2010.487318
Popis: English Abstract When we read ḥadīth ‘Īsā Ibn Hishām we cannot fail to notice the frequency of dialogues modelled on theatrical pattern. This may suggest that the author was fascinated by drama. However, al-Muwayliḥī fiercely attacks dramatic arts throughout the 32nd chapter of his work. How can this paradox be explained? While al-Muwayliḥī belittled drama as an art, with no roots in Arabic culture and not yet mature enough for the Egyptian stage, he was nevertheless very much aware of the vividness of dialogues crafted for their rhetorical and theatrical effects, all in accordance with the famous metaphor: ‘all life is like a stage’. For that reason he refused to submit to the rules of western comedy—which demanded a rigorous plot—and preferred instead the free mode of the picaresque novel, into which he inserted a wide variety of direct dialogues, thus allowing his actors to participate in, or listen as spectators to, many debates or sketches representing everyday life. By so doing, al-Muwayliḥī sought ...
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