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urn:uuid:1e206321-b1a9-4b7e-9b01-cc4d62605b03 03 15 9781805113935 00 EB E107 10 10 02 26326914 01 02 Semitic Languages and Cultures 01 01 New Words to Old Tunes Genres and Metrics of Lebanese Zajal Poetry 1 A01 Adnan Haydar <p>Adnan Haydar is head of the Arabic section in the department of world languages, literatures, and cultures and professor of Arabic and comparative literature at the University of Arkansas, where he also founded and directed the King Fahd Middle East Studies Center from 1993 to 1999. His fields of specialization and areas of teaching include modern and classical Arabic literature, Arabic language, folk literature, and oral poetry. He has authored, co-authored and co-edited eight books, and is co-editor of the translation series for Syracuse University Press. His many articles on modern literary theory and oral poetry have appeared in premier literary journals.</p> 01 eng 00 226 03 23 Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures 23 Lebanese Zajal 10 LIT014000 04 PJ7542.Z3 23 Literature 23 Oral poetry 10 POE013000 23 Popular songs 10 SOC005000 23 Ethnomusicology 10 HIS026000 23 Cultural Heritage 10 LIT004220 23 Middle East 01 06 03 00 <p>New Words to Old Tunes: Genres and Metrics of Lebanese Zajal Poetry introduces the rich tradition of Lebanese oral poetry, offering an in-depth study and analysis of its metrics and genres. It presents a novel framework for the proper scansion of meters and emphasises the previously overlooked roles of musical and poetic stress. It details nearly twenty zajal genres, including popular songs that use zajal metrics, and integrates musical notations and web-streamed audio links to enrich the reader’s experience.</p><p>By presenting both theoretical analysis and practical applications, the book not only contributes to the academic study of Lebanese and Arab oral traditions but also supports broader efforts to preserve and disseminate this cultural heritage through digital humanities. While previous works have been largely descriptive or focused on specific poets, this book provides a detailed analytical approach to zajal metrics and their musical dimensions.</p><p>This rigorous and comprehensive study will be of interest to scholars working on oral traditions, folklore studies, ethnomusicology, cultural studies, oral-formulaic poetry traditions, throughout the Middle East and beyond.</p> 04 00 Acknowledgements List of Audio Recordings List of Figures Introduction 1. Terms and Methodology 2. Previous Scholarship on Zajal Metrics 3. Fuṣḥā and Zajal Metres 4. The Role of Stress in the Scansion of Zajal Genres 5. Qarrādī and Its Various Manifestations 6. ʿAtābā, Mījanā, and Other Popular Genres Conclusion References Index Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers 04 01 20250206 02 WORLD 06 15 9781805113911 06 15 9781805113928 06 15 9781805113935 WORLD 09 Open Book Publishers 20 01