How Long to Read Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded, with Risible Rhymes

How Long Does it Take to Read Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded, with Risible Rhymes?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 26 minutes to read Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded, with Risible Rhymes by Yusuf al-Shirbini

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Witty, bawdy, and vicious, Yusuf al-Shirbini’s Brains Confounded pits the “coarse” rural masses against the “refined” urban population. In Volume One, al-Shirbini describes the three rural “types”—peasant cultivator, village man-of-religion, and rural dervish—offering anecdotes testifying to the ignorance, dirtiness, and criminality of each. In Volume Two, he presents a hilarious parody of the verse-and-commentary genre so beloved by scholars of his day, with a 47-line poem supposedly written by a peasant named Abu Shaduf, who charts the rise and fall of his fortunes. Wielding the scholarly tools of elite literature, al-Shirbini responds to the poem with derision and ridicule, dotting his satire with digressions into love, food, and flatulence. Volume Two of Brains Confounded is followed by Risible Rhymes, a concise text that includes a comic disquisition on “rural” verse, mocking the pretensions of uneducated poets from Egypt’s countryside. Risible Rhymes also examines various kinds of puzzle poems, which were another popular genre of the day, and presents a debate between scholars over a line of verse by the tenth-century poet al-Mutanabbi. Together, Brains Confounded and Risible Rhymes offer intriguing insight into the intellectual concerns of Ottoman Egypt, showcasing the intense preoccupation with wordplay, grammar, and stylistics and shedding light on the literature of the era.

How long is Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded, with Risible Rhymes?

Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded, with Risible Rhymes by Yusuf al-Shirbini is 489 pages long, and a total of 126,651 words.

This makes it 165% the length of the average book. It also has 155% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded, with Risible Rhymes Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 32 minutes to read Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded, with Risible Rhymes aloud.

What Reading Level is Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded, with Risible Rhymes?

Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded, with Risible Rhymes is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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