Abstract
Laughing and mocking is natural disposition in human
being and it is found in every society in its various manners. It is
special human excitation that distinguishes him from other animals
and for this natural phenomenon human is known as a laughing
animal. Humour is more penetrating when it belongs to a real
connection between two things regarded with different attitudes or
reversal of values.
This paper deals with the disposition of comedy and humour in
Arabic literature from pre-Islamic period to Ottoman Empire. Some
modern Arab writers like Muhammad Khalaf Ahmad and
orientalists like D. S. Margoliouth are of the view that humour is not
found in old Arabic literature.
This paper brings to light this reality that classic Arabic literature is
rife with a number of verses, idioms, Bedouin sayings and proverbs
that represent the unique taste of Arabs in humour and comedy.
Nature of humour in pre-Islamic and Islamic society in 1st century
of Hijra has been highlighted in this article. With the penetration of
effects of Indian, Persian and Greek civilization, new trends
emerged in Arabic literature as well as prejudice of non Arab
writers like Ibn al-Muqaffa against Arab ruling aristocratic class
changed the moods of humour and comedy in Abbasid period. The
great figures of humour and comedy in Abbasid, Mamaluke,
Fatamid, Ayyubid and Ottoman periods have been introduced
shortly and motives — political, social and religious — behind this
humour and derision analysed
HARIS MUBEEN. (2008) HUMOUR AND COMEDY IN ARABIC LITERATURE (From the Birth of Islam to Ottoman Period) , Al-Hikmat: A Journal of Philosophy, Volume 28, Issue 01.
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