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Report including the following | Report including the following four works - address each in 1-2 paragraphs. | ||
* al-Said, Labib. [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MI/Quran/Labib%20al-Said%20-%20The%20Recited%20Quran.pdf The Recited Koran], pp. 11-27, 53-76 | * al-Said, Labib. [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MI/Quran/Labib%20al-Said%20-%20The%20Recited%20Quran.pdf The Recited Koran], pp. 11-27, 53-76 | ||
* Frishkopf, Michael. [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Mediated_Quranic_recitation_offprint.pdf Mediated Qur'anic Recitation and the Contestation of Islam in Contemporary Egypt ], pp. 75-84 top part , and pp. 111 (Conclusions) to 114 (& read more if you’d like). Listen to the audio examples: [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Qur'an/Isma%60il-Yusuf-4-mujawwad.mp3 ex 3.1, Mustafa Ismail - Mujawwad style], [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Qur'an/Isma%60il-Yusuf-4-murattal.mp3 ex 3.2, Mustafa Ismail - Murattal style], [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Qur'an/%60Ajmi-Yusuf-4.mp3 ex. 3.3, Ahmad al-Ajmi - Saudi style], | * Frishkopf, Michael. [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Mediated_Quranic_recitation_offprint.pdf Mediated Qur'anic Recitation and the Contestation of Islam in Contemporary Egypt ], pp. 75-84 top part , and pp. 111 (Conclusions) to 114 (& read more if you’d like). Listen to the audio examples: [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Qur'an/Isma%60il-Yusuf-4-mujawwad.mp3 ex 3.1, Mustafa Ismail - Mujawwad style], [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Qur'an/Isma%60il-Yusuf-4-murattal.mp3 ex 3.2, Mustafa Ismail - Murattal style], [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Qur'an/%60Ajmi-Yusuf-4.mp3 ex. 3.3, Ahmad al-Ajmi - Saudi style], | ||
* Nelson, Kristina. ''The Art of Reciting the Qur'an'' (on reserve | * Nelson, Kristina. ''The Art of Reciting the Qur'an'' (on reserve, in bookstore, and [http://login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xna&AN=113018&site=eds-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover also online]); browse this important book. Read selectively according to your interests, and get a sense of its overall scope and limits. (Note: You do not need to read the whole book! This is an opportunity to practice an important scholarly technique: selective skimming.) | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5DqElTUnH4 Koran by Heart], a beautiful documentary about a Qur'an competition. (Kristina Nelson served as consultant on this film.) | |||
Also: memorize [http://quran.com/112 Surat Ikhlas] (chapter 112 of the Qur'an) -- containing just four short verses -- and try to perform along with the recording, using this website: http://quran.com/112. Note that you can turn transliteration on or off, and listen. The Qur'an contains 114 chapters or ''suras'', arranged roughly from long to short. Surat al-Ikhlas (chapter of sincerity), also known as Surat al-Tawhid (chapter of Unity) is said to contain the essence of the Qur'an as a whole. | Also: memorize [http://quran.com/112 Surat Ikhlas] (chapter 112 of the Qur'an) -- containing just four short verses -- and try to perform along with the recording, using this website: http://quran.com/112. Note that you can turn transliteration on or off, and listen. The Qur'an contains 114 chapters or ''suras'', arranged roughly from long to short. Surat al-Ikhlas (chapter of sincerity), also known as Surat al-Tawhid (chapter of Unity) is said to contain the essence of the Qur'an as a whole. | ||
Revision as of 20:31, 3 September 2015
Tuesday (2a)
Due today
Report including the following four works - address each in 1-2 paragraphs.
- al-Said, Labib. The Recited Koran, pp. 11-27, 53-76
- Frishkopf, Michael. Mediated Qur'anic Recitation and the Contestation of Islam in Contemporary Egypt , pp. 75-84 top part , and pp. 111 (Conclusions) to 114 (& read more if you’d like). Listen to the audio examples: ex 3.1, Mustafa Ismail - Mujawwad style, ex 3.2, Mustafa Ismail - Murattal style, ex. 3.3, Ahmad al-Ajmi - Saudi style,
- Nelson, Kristina. The Art of Reciting the Qur'an (on reserve, in bookstore, and also online); browse this important book. Read selectively according to your interests, and get a sense of its overall scope and limits. (Note: You do not need to read the whole book! This is an opportunity to practice an important scholarly technique: selective skimming.)
- Koran by Heart, a beautiful documentary about a Qur'an competition. (Kristina Nelson served as consultant on this film.)
Also: memorize Surat Ikhlas (chapter 112 of the Qur'an) -- containing just four short verses -- and try to perform along with the recording, using this website: http://quran.com/112. Note that you can turn transliteration on or off, and listen. The Qur'an contains 114 chapters or suras, arranged roughly from long to short. Surat al-Ikhlas (chapter of sincerity), also known as Surat al-Tawhid (chapter of Unity) is said to contain the essence of the Qur'an as a whole.
Class
Thursday (2b)
No class today, but please submit assignments on time anyway.
Due today:
- Shiloah pp. 1-26
- Empire of Faith part 2
- Schimmel, pp. 29-50