Notas sobre la presencia de la Historia de los animales de Aristóteles en el Kitab al-Hayawan de Yahiz, un ejemplo de enciclopedia árabe islámica
ISSN: 1131-6810, 2530-8343
Year of publication: 1998
Issue: 10
Pages: 295-308
Type: Article
More publications in: Fortunatae: Revista canaria de Filología, Cultura y Humanidades Clásicas
Abstract
The following pages are the result of our continuous reflections about the medieval texts in Arabic and the analises that are frequently subjected to. Althoug no pretension of originality furthers our approach, we intend to look at these already studied pieces from a different perspective and to establish a »new order». Consequently, we have chosen as the object of the present research Al-ŷāhiz’s Kitāb al-H ayawān (Book of the Animals), as text every scholar is well acquainted with. We propose to analyze the generic and contextual foundations of this work as the mainstays supporting the erection of the book to the category of an Islamic Arabic Encyclopedia.