The Classical Arabic Detective

ETECTIVE fiction, which has long entertained readers, has also spawned a rapidly growing critical literature of its own. The questions addressed include the paternity of the detective genre, the nature of the characters exploited in detective fiction, and the implications of that literature, social or otherwise. This study will address itself to the detective figure in medieval Arabic literature, specifically as he appears in that branch of prose texts referred to as adab texts, texts composed predominantly of anecdotes and whose dual aim was to entertain and to educate. As part of our investigation, we shall examine the nature of the character of the detective, and its implications. The investigation will lead us to compare the figure of the detective in the East with that of his counterpart in the West

Arabic · Art · Character (mathematics · Detective fiction · Dual (grammatical number · Linguistics · Literature · History · Islamic Studies and History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies · Philosophy

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