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Disputation Literature in the Near East and Beyond (Hardcover)
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Disputation Literature in the Near East and Beyond (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER)
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Disputation literature is a type of text in which usually two
non-human entities (such as trees, animals, drinks, or seasons) try
to establish their superiority over each other by means of a series
of speeches written in an elaborate, flowery register. As opposed
to other dialogue literature, in disputation texts there is no
serious matter at stake only the preeminence of one of the
litigants over its rival. These light-hearted texts are known in
virtually every culture that flourished in the Middle East from
Antiquity to the present day, and they constitute one of the most
enduring genres in world literature. The present volume collects
over twenty contributions on disputation literature by a diverse
group of world-renowned scholars. From ancient Sumer to modern-day
Bahrain, from Egyptian to Neo-Aramaic, including Latin, French,
Middle English, Armenian, Chinese and Japanese, the chapters of
this book study the multiple avatars of this venerable text type.
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