The biography in arabic literature: some remarks on the origins

Authors

  • José Ramírez del Río Universidad de Córdoba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12795/PH.2017.i31.15

Keywords:

Biography, Arabic Literature, Late Antiquity.

Abstract

The sober examples of a biographical tradition in Arabic Literature during the first times of the Muslim Empire only reflects a trend that at that time was common to older traditions like Greek, Latin o Syriac Literature… only the development of Arabic Literature over the 8th and 12th centuries allowed the maturity of this Biographical Literature at the end of the 10th century and the beginning of the 11th century.

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Author Biography

José Ramírez del Río, Universidad de Córdoba

Profesor Titular de Traducción e Interpretación, Universidad de Córdoba

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Published

2018-06-20

How to Cite

Ramírez del Río, J. (2018). The biography in arabic literature: some remarks on the origins. Philologia Hispalensis, 31(2), 117–131. https://doi.org/10.12795/PH.2017.i31.15

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Received 2017-02-28
Accepted 2018-01-08
Published 2018-06-20
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