Graying of the Raven (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Aida Bamia | knygos.lt

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From East to WestThe raven has turned grayO Reader of the unknownHelp us in our ordeal!With a fine touch, Aida Bamia has explored the work of Muhammad bin al-Tayyib OCyAlili (c.1894OCoc.1954), a hitherto virtually unknown oral poet of Algeria, bringing to her analysis new understanding of folk poetry as part of a peopleOCOs collective memory and their resistance to colonization. For OCyAliliOCOs audience the despair and suffering faced by poor farmers before independence is embodied by the raven, grown old and gray with ceaseless frustration and humiliation. Because of its oralOCoand all too often ephemeralOConature, the work of poets such as OCyAlili could escape close scrutiny by French colonial administrators who sought to eradicate nationalistic and ethnic elements. With succinct commentary, Bamia presents an outstanding historical and contextual background for OCyAliliOCOs repertoire, while she details the richness and variety of poetic forms that had developed in North Africa. In doing so, she shows an intimate grasp of the poetOCOs repertoire and technique, as well as of the colonial and postcolonial implications of Algerian folklore and poetry. In their citation for the AUC Middle East Studies Award, the judges noted The Graying of the RavenOCOs OC insightful perspective on Algerian society and the experience of colonization as perceived by the individual folk poet.OCO"