The purpose of this study is to try to understand the reasons why Ǧuḥā’s anecdotes, a famous Arab trickster, are laughed at in different traditions of the Mediterranean region and elsewhere in the world. I will first compare some analyses of laughter in the most significant Western and Islamic studies. In a second step, I will examine some stories that correspond in various traditions with their different variants

Juhā the hero with a thousand faces / Corrao, Francesca Maria. - In: STUDI MAGREBINI. - ISSN 0585-4954. - (In corso di stampa), pp. " - "-" - ".

Juhā the hero with a thousand faces

Francesca Maria Corrao
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The purpose of this study is to try to understand the reasons why Ǧuḥā’s anecdotes, a famous Arab trickster, are laughed at in different traditions of the Mediterranean region and elsewhere in the world. I will first compare some analyses of laughter in the most significant Western and Islamic studies. In a second step, I will examine some stories that correspond in various traditions with their different variants
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Ǧuḥā - Arab literature - human trickster - Nasreddin Hoca and Giufà - comparative literature - cunning fool’s anecdotes - Indian Buddhist tales - Mediterranean popular literature.
Juhā the hero with a thousand faces / Corrao, Francesca Maria. - In: STUDI MAGREBINI. - ISSN 0585-4954. - (In corso di stampa), pp. " - "-" - ".
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