Arabic Oration: Art and Function

Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Presentation
Introduction
1 The Preservation of Orations: Mnemonics-Based Oral Transmission, Supplementary Writing, and the Question of Authenticity
2 Structure of the Oration: Contextualization of Conventional Components to Strengthen a Religio-Political Message
3 Style of the Oration: The Aesthetics of Orality and Persuasion
4 Orators and Audience of the Oration: Dynamics of Public Space, Authority, and Negotiation
5 The Sermon of Pious Counsel: Human Mortality, a Life of Virtue, and Preparation for the Hereafter
6 The Friday and Eid Sermon: Ritual and Piety, Politics and War
7 The Battle Oration: Horses and Swords, Strategies and Ethics, Urgings and Prayers
8 The Political Speech: Succession and Accession, Control and Policy
9 Additional Categories: Legislative, Theological, Oracular, and Marriage Orations
10 Women’s Orations: Kinship-Based Authority and Silence-Breaking Trauma
11 The Oration’s Influence on Arabic Prose Viewed in a Hybrid Oral-Written Continuum
12 The Influence of the Classical Arabic Oration on Contemporary Muslim Sermons and Speeches
Appendix of Orations: References and Index
Glossary 1: Early Arabic Orators
Glossary 2: Arabic Literary Terms
Bibliography
General Index