
From persuasion to salvation : the power of women’s discourse in the Arabian Nights and Handbook for William
Other Title(s)
من الإقناع إلى الخلاص : قوة الخطاب النسوي في (ألف ليلة وليلة) و (كتاب المواعظ و الاعتبار إلى "وليام") ل "دهودا"
Author
Source
Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities
Issue
Vol. 25, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.291-309, 19 p.
Publisher
King Abdulaziz University Scientific Publishing Center
Publication Date
2017-12-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
19
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
In political situations, negotiation is a key process that must be built on strategies to convince when conversing with addressees.
To obtain power and influence, women's discourse, too, must follow a coherent plan, particularly in circumstances related to an imperial court, in order to achieve the greatest success in attempting to persuade.
Relying primarily on Marcel Mauss's formulation of ritual exchange in The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies, this paper will discuss the function of Scheherazade's stories in The Arabian Nights, which she narrates to her husband Shahryar, and Dhuoda’s advice in her Handbook, which she composes for her son William, as a commodity in gift exchange, which will serve as a model of successful women's discourse as ransom in payment for salvation.
Both the Handbook and the Nights have a five-step plan that consists of many themes acting as didactic or therapeutic messages that are implied in the two books to define and support the creation of social bonds initiated by the act of gift exchange.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Balfas, Abd al-Muin Bin Hasan. 2017. From persuasion to salvation : the power of women’s discourse in the Arabian Nights and Handbook for William. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities،Vol. 25, no. 2, pp.291-309.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-781313
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Balfas, Abd al-Muin Bin Hasan. From persuasion to salvation : the power of women’s discourse in the Arabian Nights and Handbook for William. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities Vol. 25, no. 2 (2017), pp.291-309.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-781313
American Medical Association (AMA)
Balfas, Abd al-Muin Bin Hasan. From persuasion to salvation : the power of women’s discourse in the Arabian Nights and Handbook for William. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities. 2017. Vol. 25, no. 2, pp.291-309.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-781313
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 308
Record ID
BIM-781313