Research Catalog

Title

Nawab Faizunnesa's Rupjalal / translated and commented by Fayeza S. Hasanat.

Author

Caudhurāṇī, Phaẏajunnesā, 1834-1903.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

Hasanat, Fayeza S.

Description

xii, 224 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"Nawab Faizunnesa (1834-1903) challenged established notions regarding women's position in a Muslim society in colonial Bengal. Her RupJalal was the first literary text written by a Bengali Muslim woman. The translated text is placed in the historical context of colonialism and the nationalist movement of colonial Bengal. An analysis of the text is also included in order to invite readers to explore the woman question in context of Islam and/in imperial society. With the translated text, along with a critical overview and textual analysis, this book traces in Faizunnesa's life and works the emergence of a self-conscious female voice by addressing the issues of social, political, and economic marginality of women in an Islamic, nationalist, and imperialist culture of colonial Bengal."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world, 1570-7628 ; v. 7

Uniform Title

• Rūpajālāla. English
• Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ; v. 7.

Alternative Title

Rūpajālāla.

Subject

• Caudhurāṇī, Phaẏajunnesā, 1834-1903. > Criticism, Textual
• Women > India > Bengal > Social conditions
• Women > India > Bengal > History
• Nationalism > India > Bengal > History
• Colonial influence
• Nationalism
• Women
• Women > Social conditions
• Författare > Indien > 1800-tal
• Muslimska kvinnor > sociala förhållanden > Indien > Bengalen
• Poesi
• Bengal (India) > Colonial influence
• India > Bengal

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.

Note

• Translated from the Bengali.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-220) and index.

Contents

I. Introduction ---- II. Translation of Rupjalal ---- BOOK ONE. Part One. The beginning --- Part Two. Merchant Omar and King Zamzam --- Part III. The ordeal of Rupbanu --- Part IV. The correspondence and courting --- Part 5. Searching for the enemy --- Part 6. The change of fate --- 7. The journey back ---- BACK TWO. 1. Battling a giant --- 2. The tale of king Aardbel --- 3. In the land of the Glendoveers --- 4. Rescuing the Glendoveer Prince --- 5. The tale of seven brothers --- 6. The rescue --- 7. Battle with the giants --- 8. King Kaiderʹs tale --- 9. Death of king Rayham --- 10. The Princes returned home --- 11. In search of the death giver --- 12. A visit to the city of Demigods --- 13. Allended well ---- BOOK THREE. The ordeal of Rupjalal --- Prince Jalal retuned --- The loversʹ quarrel --- The Royal Ministers met a stranger --- Preparation for the wedding --- A wedding song --- In the bridal chamber --- Homecoming --- Hurbanu --- King Jalalʹs dream --- A happy ending ---- Chapter 3:Rereading the text. ...

ISBN

• 9789004167803
• 9004167803

LCCN

2008032132

OCLC

• ocn239228875
• 239228875
• SCSB-1550903

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library