Means of intelligibility
by Larsen, David Charles, Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, 2007, 286 pages; 3306212

Abstract:

Means of Intelligibility is a study in comparative semiotics based in three groups of Classical Arabic texts. After a consideration of the semiotic paradigms of Aristotle and Augustine and their continuing preponderance in the post-Hellenic West, the dissertation's first chapter examines the semiotic vocabulary of the Qur'an. The second and third chapters are devoted to operations of meaning as conceived and represented by medieval prose writers. The fourth chapter compares the semiotics of the abandoned habitation in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry with the eschatological uses of ruins in the Qur'an. Throughout the dissertation it will be observed that the post-Hellenic sign is not a universal model for the conveyance of meaning, not even where (as in Arab-Islamic tradition) Greek philosophy was received at an early stage. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

 
AdviserLeslie Kurke
SchoolUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
SourceDAI/A 69-03, p. , Aug 2008
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsClassical literature; Comparative literature; Medieval literature; Middle Eastern literature
Publication Number3306212
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