ppt课件--thethousandandonenights-cuyamacacollege.pptVIP

The Thousand and One Nights The Thousand and One Nights Author: unknown Culture: Arab, from a collection of pre-Islamic Middle Persian tales. Time: 14th century Genre: prose, contains lots of different genres from poetry to prose adventure tales, romances, etc. Names to know: Shahrazad, Shahrayar 1,001 Nights Oral and written versions existed side by side. The tales are rooted in daily life, but are made magical by their settings, fantastic adventures, and the intervention of sorcerers and demons (djinn). The Prologue sets forth the themes Lust, madness, violence, justice, retribution, heroism