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1. Describe briefly the role of Scheherazade, Dunyazade, and Harun al-Rashid in the
text of the frame stories. Why the text would be called by David Damrosch as
“Patriarchal society’s text?
Answer: Scheherazade is a central female character and the storyteller in the
frame narrative of the Middle Eastern collection of tales known as One Thousand and
One Nights.
Dunyazade is the younger sister of Queen Scheherazade. In the story cycle, it
is she who—at Scheherazade's instruction—initiates the tactic of cliffhanger
storytelling to prevent her sister's execution by Shahryarazade. He is the kind of
person who'll never let you forget anything and won't forget anything. Bright, wise-
cracking, and with quite a large mouth, she loves to show people the kind of
intelligence she possesses and is undoubtedly an exciting person to talk to.
Harun al Rashid, the caliph portrayed in The Thousand and One Night,
where we see him living grandly in his palace in Baghdad, surrounded by his wives,
concubines, musicians, and learned men, is not merely a figure of legend.

2. How important is it to situate these stories culturally? Like is the Abbasid Caliphate
real? Is it important to know something about that history, or not?
Answer: The Abbasid Caliphate was an Islamic empire that existed from 750
to 1258 C.E. as it was centered in Baghdad and included much of the Middle East.
Poetry and literature were significant ways that the Abbasids expressed their cultural
values. Based on what the Abbasid poetry emphasized, it is clear that the Abbasid
court valued the caliph’s authority, entertainment, and the experience of proving
knowledge through poetry recitation. Prose literature had a significant role in the
Abbasid court as well. The didactic collection of prose stories entitled Kalila and
Dimna exemplifies that the Abbasids enjoyed literature that gives instruction on
behavior while providing entertainment. The Arabian Nights is another example of
didactic prose, and it has similar messages that demonstrate how people should
behave in the court. It also emphasizes everyday behavioral expectations and people’s
duty to revere God. warfare. The poetry and literature from the Abbasid Caliphate
exemplify different ways to understand eras in history. To learn about a society, it is
helpful to study literature, not just wars and politics. Literature shows how society
develops, and shows what societal norms and values are.

3. One of the extraordinary things about The Thousand and One Nights is that it is so
adaptive, can you name/enumerate ( at least two ) films, animated or real, which can
be said as adapted or influenced by the Thousand and One Nights? Discuss the
influences.
Answer: ALADDIN- A kindhearted street urchin and a power-hungry Grand
Vizier vie for a magic lamp that can make their deepest wishes come true. Aladdin is
a poor street urchin who spends his time stealing food from the marketplace in
Agrabah. His adventures begin when he meets a young girl who happens to be
Princess Jasmine, who force to marry her wacky yet estranged father. Aladdin's luck
suddenly changes when he retrieves a magical lamp from the Cave of Wonders. What
he unwittingly gets is a fun-loving genie who only wishes to have his freedom. Little
do they know that Sultan's sinister advisor Jafar has plans for both Aladdin and the
lamp
THE INFLUENCE FROM 1001 NIGHTS
The core difference between the film and the original story is that in the earliest
versions, Aladdin describes us as "from one of the cities in China," which shifts both
the tale's location and the hero's ethnicity that fans know and love. There are plenty of
narrative differences too. For example, the Jafar character (Maghreb) poses as
Aladdin's uncle to trick the young boy and his mother into helping him, promising the
poverty-stricken boy to become a wealthy merchant if he joins his "uncle" on the
journey. Another fundamental change from the Disney version is that, in the classic
folktale, Aladdin has a magical ring that includes a second, less powerful genie who
plays a vital role in the story, as though he can't get out magic the lamp genie he helps
Aladdin outsmart the villainous man who tricked him and even acts as a friend and
sometime spy for the young man, eventually saving his life. The lamp genie is as
powerful as the version we're familiar with but far less humorous.

ARABIAN NIGHTS- Sultan Shahryar (Dougray Scott) has gone mad after his
traumatizing near assassination, in which his wife collaborated and died at his hands
as a result. He plans to express his paranoid suspicion of women diabolically by
marrying a woman from the harem and having her executed the following day. To
prevent this, the Grand Vizier's daughter and a childhood friend of the Sultan,
Scheherezade (Mili Avital), offer herself to be that bride. Now, she must gamble that
her plan will work as she tries to cure his madness by telling him story after wondrous
story, which include the tales of Ali Baba (Rufus Sewell) and the Forty Thieves, and
Aladdin (Jason Scott Lee) and his Wonderful Lamp. Meanwhile, Sultan's villainous
brother is making his plans, and Scheherezade's stories are more useful against him.

THE INFLUENCE FROM 1001 NIGHTS

Arabian Nights, known as One Thousand and One Nights, is a collection of Middle
Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic
Golden Age this period lasted from the eighth century to the thirteenth century, when
much of the Arabic-speaking world experienced a scientific, economic, and cultural
flourishing – One Thousand and One Nights epitomizing the rich and multifaceted
literary output.

The title Arabian Nights came from the first English language edition (1706), which
rendered the title The Arabian Nights’ Entertainment. The work was collected over
centuries by various authors, translators, and scholars across West, Central, South
Asia, and North Africa. The tales are many and varied, but common throughout all the
narratives is the initial frame story of the ruler Shahryār, and his wife, Scheherazade

4. So there are 1001 Nights, how many stories are there? Why are they called as
Frame Stories?
Answer: There were about 200 stories to make up 1001 Nights. The Arabian
Nights consist of a frame narrative that connects a series of tales and tales within
tales, ostensibly told by a queen to her sister but intended to capture the attention of a
jealous king. The frame narrative opens with an account of two royal brothers.
5. Who is Galland, and what is that mysterious manuscript?
Antione Galland was the first translator of Arabian Nights in Europe and the real
author of The Thousand and One Night. The Galland Manuscript is the Earliest
Extensive Manuscript of the "Arabian Nights" or "Thousand and One Nights" and is
called Syrian Manuscript. 
What does Scheherazade symbolize?
Scheherazade is a girl's name of Arabic origin, meaning "noble lineage."
Scheherazade -- or Sheherazade --is a legendary Persian queen immortalized as the
narrator of all one thousand stories in the One Thousand and One Nights. However,
her story is even more remarkable than the tales she tells.