Ibn Dāniyāl’s shadow plays in Egypt: The character of Ṭayf al-Khayāl

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El teatro de sombras chinescas de Ibn Dāniyāl en Egipto: El personaje de Ṭayf al-Ḫayāl
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Shafik, AhmedDate
2014-01-01Source
AL-ANDALUS MAGREB (11338571)- 2014, n. 21 - p. 117-136Abstract
The character of Prince Wiṣāl, main hero of the first dramatic piece by Ibn Dāniyāl, has
not ceased to arouse the interest of critics. Nevertheless, it seems to us that a sufficient attention has
not been paid to Ṭayf al-Khayāl, confidant of the hero, such that light still needs to be shed on
diverse aspects of Ibn Dāniyāl’s creation. For this reason, using a few folkloric and literary
traditions, I will analyze the figure of Ṭayf al-Khayāl to better outline his relevant peculiarities. El personaje del emir Wiṣāl, héroe principal de la primera pieza dramática de Ibn
Dāniyāl, no ha dejado de despertar el interés de los críticos. Sin embargo, nos parece que no se ha
prestado una atención suficiente al de Ṭayf al-Jayāl, el otro protagonista, de modo que siguen sin
aclarar diversos aspectos de la creación daniyālí. Por ello, empleando unas cuantas tradiciones
folklóricas y literarias, nos detendremos en la figura de Ṭayf al-Jayāl para poder delinear mejor sus
rasgos relevantes.