Chiara Fontana
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4411920 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Chiara Fontana |
| NOMBRES | Chiara |
| APELLIDO | Fontana |
| FIRMA | FONTANA C |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Bologna |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9846-4222 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2020 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Beyond Prosody
The Arabic–Persian quatrain (Pers. robāʿī; Ar. rubāʿī/dūbayt) has long been approached primarily through a prosodic lens, often discussed within debates on the autonomy or dependence of Persian and Arabic metrical systems. This article argues that this perspective obscures a more consequential development: the gradual transformation of the quatrain from a metrically codified structure in Persian into a conceptually and rhetorically flexible poeti…
Craftsmanship in Literature and Literary Craftsmanship in 9th Century Baghdad
Early rhetorical treatises serve as testing grounds for emerging aesthetic concepts tied to specific socio-cultural contexts and also influence readers’ literary preferences. The overlooked Kitāb al-Tašbīhāt by Ibn Abī ʿAwn (d. 322/934) is a significant example of this dynamic and invites reflection on the evolution of balāġa during the Arabic-Islamic classical period, particularly in response to urbanization. This study, while providing an overv…
Scorpions on the Cheek, Stars in the Gaze
Across the intellectual sky of the late Abbasid world, the stars no longer served merely as tools of calculation but as mirrors of legitimacy, theology and desire. This article traces the transformation of astrology in Arabic culture—from a science of cosmic governance to a language of poetic imagination—revealing how celestial symbolism became a means of negotiating divine order and human authority. In the later Abbasid centuries, as imperial po…
The Name of the Key
Sirāj al-Dīn Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf al-Sakkākī’s (d. 626/1229) Miftāḥ al-ʿulūm is one of the most influential and seminal works dedicated to al-balāghah (Muslim eloquence), and one of the most extensively studied, although frequently criticised for alleged prescriptiveness and dryness. Often providing close readings on how concepts are organized within the work, previous scholarly treatments have isolated the Miftāḥ from the rest of al-Sakkākī’s produc…
Environmental Challenges in Premodern Eurasian and Mediterranean Narratives
Includes ► Introduction (Ch. Fontana / I. Peta) ► Environmental Ghosts and Omens in Ancient Iran: Between Care for Life and Apocalyptic Terrors (A. Piras) ► Drought, Famine and Prosperity: The Slaying of the Dragon and the Legitimation of Iranian Kingship in Persian Epics (Fifth/Eleventh to Eighth/Fourteenth Centuries) (N. Norozi) ► Discussions of Drought in Premodern Ḥadīth Collections: Islamic Ethics and Attitudes to the Causes of and Responses…
In Deadly Embrace
Toward an Ethospoetics of the Islamic Languages Re-Reading Multilingualism Along the Silk Road According to Alessandro Bausani ‒ Part I
In 1966, Alessandro Bausani (1921-1988), a key scholar of Arabic and Persian studies, introduced the influential paradigm of ʻIslamic Languagesʼ, sparking both skepticism and interest to date. This article, the first of two, uses ideas from Bachelard and Deleuze-Guattari, along with historical sources, to re-read Bausani’s paradigm, focusing on space and mobility along the Silk Road. It argues that shared religious and moral values, more than lan…
Al-Balāghah’s Legacy in Modern Secular Journalism
Contemporary studies have already explored al-Risālah magazine’s (1933–1953) dynamic role in championing a far-reaching secular-grounded educational mission— which was made more urgent by the encounter with Western innovations. Still, little attention has been paid to the journal’s strong linkages with Arabic classical heritage. This article argues that al-Risālah ’s writings employed concepts and terminology related to al-balāghah , or eloquence…
Beyond a Snow Pile”
This study of the Egyptian intellectual Najīb Surūr’s critical essay, Riḥlah fī Thulāthiyyat Najīb Maḥfūẓ (c. 1978; A Journey into Najīb Maḥfūẓ’s Trilogy) argues that this underexplored work of Surūr is a brave assessment of the Egyptian literary canon of the 1950s. The argument finds justification in the author’s unique mastery of irony, and his vigorous textual engagement with Maḥfūẓ’s widely acclaimed masterpiece. Throughout his essay, liberat…
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Beyond a Snow Pile”
This study of the Egyptian intellectual Najīb Surūr’s critical essay, Riḥlah fī Thulāthiyyat Najīb Maḥfūẓ (c. 1978; A Journey into Najīb Maḥfūẓ’s Trilogy) argues that this underexplored work of Surūr is a brave assessment of the Egyptian literary canon of the 1950s. The argument finds justification in the author’s unique mastery of irony, and his vigorous textual engagement with Maḥfūẓ’s widely acclaimed masterpiece. Throughout his essay, liberat…
Al-Balāghah’s Legacy in Modern Secular Journalism
Contemporary studies have already explored al-Risālah magazine’s (1933–1953) dynamic role in championing a far-reaching secular-grounded educational mission— which was made more urgent by the encounter with Western innovations. Still, little attention has been paid to the journal’s strong linkages with Arabic classical heritage. This article argues that al-Risālah ’s writings employed concepts and terminology related to al-balāghah , or eloquence…
Craftsmanship in Literature and Literary Craftsmanship in 9th Century Baghdad
Early rhetorical treatises serve as testing grounds for emerging aesthetic concepts tied to specific socio-cultural contexts and also influence readers’ literary preferences. The overlooked Kitāb al-Tašbīhāt by Ibn Abī ʿAwn (d. 322/934) is a significant example of this dynamic and invites reflection on the evolution of balāġa during the Arabic-Islamic classical period, particularly in response to urbanization. This study, while providing an overv…
Scorpions on the Cheek, Stars in the Gaze
Across the intellectual sky of the late Abbasid world, the stars no longer served merely as tools of calculation but as mirrors of legitimacy, theology and desire. This article traces the transformation of astrology in Arabic culture—from a science of cosmic governance to a language of poetic imagination—revealing how celestial symbolism became a means of negotiating divine order and human authority. In the later Abbasid centuries, as imperial po…
The Name of the Key
Sirāj al-Dīn Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf al-Sakkākī’s (d. 626/1229) Miftāḥ al-ʿulūm is one of the most influential and seminal works dedicated to al-balāghah (Muslim eloquence), and one of the most extensively studied, although frequently criticised for alleged prescriptiveness and dryness. Often providing close readings on how concepts are organized within the work, previous scholarly treatments have isolated the Miftāḥ from the rest of al-Sakkākī’s produc…
Environmental Challenges in Premodern Eurasian and Mediterranean Narratives
Includes ► Introduction (Ch. Fontana / I. Peta) ► Environmental Ghosts and Omens in Ancient Iran: Between Care for Life and Apocalyptic Terrors (A. Piras) ► Drought, Famine and Prosperity: The Slaying of the Dragon and the Legitimation of Iranian Kingship in Persian Epics (Fifth/Eleventh to Eighth/Fourteenth Centuries) (N. Norozi) ► Discussions of Drought in Premodern Ḥadīth Collections: Islamic Ethics and Attitudes to the Causes of and Responses…
In Deadly Embrace
Toward an Ethospoetics of the Islamic Languages Re-Reading Multilingualism Along the Silk Road According to Alessandro Bausani ‒ Part I
In 1966, Alessandro Bausani (1921-1988), a key scholar of Arabic and Persian studies, introduced the influential paradigm of ʻIslamic Languagesʼ, sparking both skepticism and interest to date. This article, the first of two, uses ideas from Bachelard and Deleuze-Guattari, along with historical sources, to re-read Bausani’s paradigm, focusing on space and mobility along the Silk Road. It argues that shared religious and moral values, more than lan…
Beyond Prosody
The Arabic–Persian quatrain (Pers. robāʿī; Ar. rubāʿī/dūbayt) has long been approached primarily through a prosodic lens, often discussed within debates on the autonomy or dependence of Persian and Arabic metrical systems. This article argues that this perspective obscures a more consequential development: the gradual transformation of the quatrain from a metrically codified structure in Persian into a conceptually and rhetorically flexible poeti…
Islamic Studies and History (8 obras) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (5 obras) · Arabic (3 obras) · Art (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · Linguistics (3 obras) · Poetry (3 obras) · Politics (3 obras) · Arabic literature (2 obras)