Folktales from Syria (CMES Modern Middle East Literature in Translation Series)
Contributors: Samir Tahhan (Compiler); Douglas Rugh (Illustrator); Andrea Rugh (Introduction, Translator)
Publisher: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
Published: November 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9780292706309
Subjects: Folklore; Literary Collections; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Sociology; Literature: Classics; Syria; Folklore & Mythology - Folklore; Literary Collections / General; General
Description: "Writer Samir Tahhan transcribed these oral stories so that they would not disappear with the current generation of grandparents in Syria. Anthropologist Andrea Rugh presents the English versions along with her Introduction that analyzes the ongoing messages in the texts of these tales for children. Many of the pieces evolve from the colorful history of Aleppo."--BOOK JACKET.