Abstract
This study investigates format and style in the first modern Arab travel source, Takhliṣ al-Ibriz fī Talkhiṣ Paris, written by Sheikh al-Ṭahṭāwī in the 19th century. During this century, the connection between the Eastern Self and the Western Other became closer and more immediate culturally and politically, which undeniably impacted literature on both thematic and artistic levels. This paper addresses the extent to which the format and style of al-Ṭahṭāwī was influenced by the Other and to determine how these artistic aspects had changed and were distinct from those aspects in medieval travel literature.
Highlights
The nineteenth century is a significant era in which modern travelogue literature developed from the medieval model on both thematic and artistic levels due to changes in colonial conditions and closer and stronger connections with the West
This study investigates format and style in the first modern Arab travel source, Takhliṣ al-Ibriz fī Talkhiṣ Paris, written by Sheikh al-Ṭahṭāwī in the 19th century
This paper addresses the extent to which the format and style of al-Ṭahṭāwī was influenced by the Other and to determine how these artistic aspects had changed and were distinct from those aspects in medieval travel literature
Summary
This essay contains voluminous and considerably detailed information, despite which, as he acknowledges, he cannot do justice to the whole scope and variety of this great city (Newman, 130) For this reason, this paper concentrates mainly on the thirteen sections of this third essay and partly on the fourth, fifth, and sixth essays in all their sections for analytical and critical investigation of the Western influence on format and style. The educational system in such a school usually required a classical Arabic writing style because the educational system utilized rote memorization, in which all students follow their ‘Ālim Imam in learning This method of learning is reflected in almost all sources published in Arabic or Islamic domains before and during his lifetime.
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