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Estudios de Asia y África
versión On-line ISSN 2448-654Xversión impresa ISSN 0185-0164
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LOPEZ BERNAL, Desirée. New notes on the Arabic tale of the one-eyed man who became blind. Estud. Asia Áfr. [online]. 2020, vol.55, n.3, pp.481-505. Epub 13-Nov-2020. ISSN 2448-654X. https://doi.org/10.24201/eaa.v55i3.2594.
Taking a short essay by Fernando de la Granja as a starting point, this article delves into the origins and component parts of an Arabic short story whose protagonist is a one-eyed man. This tale was common in many pre-modern Arabic literary sources, especially in adab works, and was traditionally found in 16th and 17th century Spanish literature. The author of this paper studies its genesis in connection with Abū Sufyān, a prominent character in Arab-Islamic history, and also connects a motif found in various premodern Arabic sources to our tale and Abū Sufyān’s complete loss of sight. Finally, a final sentence is identified with a Hadith that appears in several books on traditional themes.
Palabras llave : one-eyed; Abū Sufyān; adab works; Spanish literature; Spanish Golden Age.