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QAYS AND LUBNA - MAGNUN AND LAYLA. THE MYTH OF PLATONIC LOVE ACCORDING TO ARAB AND EUROPEAN RESEARCHERS AND AUTHORESS' DISCOVERIES IN THE 'BOOK OF SONGS (KITAB AL-AGHANI)' OF ABU-AL-FARAG AL-ISBAHANI (10TH c.). (French title - below)

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Skarzynska-Bochenska K.

Rocznik Orientalistyczny

2009

vol. 62

issue 1

137-145

(title in French - 'Qays et Lubna - Magnun et Layla. Le mythe de l'amour platonique selon les chercheurs arabes et europeens - et me decouvertes concernant ce sujet dans 'Le livre de chansons (Kitab al-Aghani)' d'Abu al -Farag al-I s b a h a n i (X-me siecle J. C.)'). The myth of Platonic love in the opinions of Arab and European scholars - and the authoress' discoveries on this subject in 'The Book of Songs (Kitab al-Aghani)' of Abu al-Farag al-I s b a h a n i (at Xth century.) The aim of this paper is to present her complete analysis of two stories from 'The Book of Songs': 'Story of Qays ibn Dharih and Lubna Love' and 'Story of Magnun and Layla'. She presents particulalry these fragments of prose and poetry from the two texts which destroy the false myth of platonic love. These texts bear evidence that Arab and European scholars for one thousand years have imitated only one pattern without taking into consideration non-conventional stories.

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QAYS AND LUBNA - MAGNUN AND LAYLA. THE MYTH OF PLATONIC LOVE ACCORDING TO ARAB AND EUROPEAN RESEARCHERS AND AUTHORESS' DISCOVERIES IN THE 'BOOK OF SONGS (KITAB AL-AGHANI)' OF ABU-AL-FARAG AL-ISBAHANI (10TH c.). (French title - below)