This book offers an alternative to reading shakespearan tragedies. Also it aims to prove that English literatures (Shakespeareans studies in particular) can be read from an Islamic perspective. The wildly concept of ‘tragic heroes’ is revised according to Islamic framework and a reading of three states of self (nafs) first mention in the Quran. The Islamic concept of tragic hero is studied in comparison with concepts already accepted in the West, bringing in arguments from the Judeo/ Christians/Islamic traditions. This is yet another attempt of the study in finding a meeting point of the three Abrahamic religion and in making Islam as a universal religion which fixed in any study, at anytime, anywhere. This book was even translated into Arabic for the Middle Eastern market as a project taken by a Yemeni translator, Dr Abdul Wahab al-Maqalih.
Publisher: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: International Islamic University Malaysia ISBN: 983-2957-25-7
Publication Year: 2004
Format/Pages/Dimensions : Paperback 75 pages/31 cm x 22 cm x 3 cm
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"Prepare a new Islamic horizon view to read Shakepearan tragedies"
“Nor Faridah offers an alternative approach to reading Shakespearean tragedies. She has revised the concept of ?tragic hero according to an Islamic framework and used the Quranic concept of the three stages of nafs (soul) in Shakespearean discourse.” “Though the book has a general title, she has narrowed down her discussion to two plays only, King Lear and Macbeth.”
Mohammad Kaosar Ahmed The Turn to Islamic Ways in Teaching English Literature (2014) Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought.
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"Enriching the readers’ views with Islamic soul while overwhelming oneself into Shakespearan tragedies"
‘An example of the effort (of Islamising knowledge to revive the Islamic Renaissance) can be the work of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nor Faridah Abdul Manaf where she had published a work entitled An Islamic Interpretation of Tragic Hero in Shakespearean Tragedies (2004). By doing this, the students can learn ways to understand Western literature from a different yet more relatable point of view.’
Nur Sheena Baharudin Homam Al-Tabaa Re-Introducing Islamic Literature: A Case Study* International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM)
http://jurnalakademik.blogspot.com/2009/09/re-introducing-islamic-literature-case.html
"Enriching the readers’ views with Islamic soul while overwhelming oneself into Shakespearan tragedies"
‘An example of the effort (of Islamising knowledge to revive the Islamic Renaissance) can be the work of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nor Faridah Abdul Manaf where she had published a work entitled An Islamic Interpretation of Tragic Hero in Shakespearean Tragedies (2004). By doing this, the students can learn ways to understand Western literature from a different yet more relatable point of view.’
Nur Sheena Baharudin Homam Al-Tabaa Re-Introducing Islamic Literature: A Case Study* International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM)
http://jurnalakademik.blogspot.com/2009/09/re-introducing-islamic-literature-case.html