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ChrisCalabrese
Unregistered User
(5/29/02 9:52:09 am)
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Scheherezade
I am writing a modern day script using Scheherezade as a metaphor. Scheherezade's Sisters was an excellent reference I obtained from previous postings on this list.
I'd greatly appreciate input as to what as many of you as possible most remembered from the Schehrezade stories so as to incorporate the visions of many.
Thanks you for the greta replies to my previous post.
Sincerely,
Chris
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Midori
Unregistered User
(5/29/02 2:56:16 pm)
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Haddawy
I'd say, let the woman speak for herself. You might want to look at Haddawy's translation of the Arabian nights. It's in a rather neat paperback. Also if you are in a university setting try checking the data base EBSCO--as I recall a year or so ago I looked and found quite a few really interesting articles--some of them available on line. (If you've never used EBSCO the reference librarian will give you a hand--it's great for things like this!)
Also as an aside, there is a lovely essay by the Dominican author, Julia Alverez on Shahrezade in the anthology "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Discuss their favorite Fairy Tales."
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Laura
Registered User
(5/29/02 10:57:32 pm)
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Scheherezade
Midori has presented some fantastic suggestions (as per usual). :-) As for other impressions, I tend to think of the watercolor illustrations by classic artists we've discussed here on the board -- Rackham, Dulac, Warwick Goble, Evelyn Paul, etc. Vivid color, gauzy fabric. How accurate that is, I really don't know. The woman herself? Intelligence is the keynote for me. I quite love her as a clever woman saving herself with performance skills of all kinds: seduction balanced with unreachability, an entrancing voice and eyes. Exotically (to Western eyes) beautiful. The kind of woman I would like to be, really. :-) Those of you who saw me this weekend know how silly that really is. Speaking of which, the pictures are developed. See my note under the WisCon thread.
Laura S.
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Terri
Registered User
(5/30/02 9:58:44 am)
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Re: Scheherezade
Chris, have you seen Greg's essay on the Arabian Nights? It's on
the Endicott site: www.endicott-studio.com/forpuzl.html.
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Gregor9
Registered User
(5/31/02 11:15:59 am)
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Re: Scheherezade
Chris,
Since you're approaching Sheherazade as metaphor, you might also want to look at John Barth's novella about her in "Chimera."
Greg
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Karen
Unregistered User
(6/2/02 5:41:33 am)
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Cafe Scheherazade
This might not be at all useful, but there's a lovely novel by Arnold Zable called *Cafe Scheherazade*- about a group of immigrants meeting to exchange stories in a cafe in Melbourne, a real cafe in a beach side suburb called St Kilda (which has the most amazing cake shops!). Many of the stories are set against a backdrop of war. I find this especially appropriate as what strikes me in particular about the Scheherazade story is how inextricably storytelling and survival are entwined, as if stories are sometimes all we have to propel us forward, to sustain momentum, to stave off that terrible abyss baying at our necks... Borges (in *Seven Nights*, I suspect) mentions something about the confabulatores nocturni or men of the night, telling stories in order to delay the inevitable moment when everyone must fall asleep (a little death of sorts). It's too late at night to unpack these thoughts any further!
Sorry to have lurked so much lately- I am in the grips of essay marking trauma. I did want to mention how much I enjoyed reading the Wiscon reports- and how deeply envious I am of all that fun!
K.
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Terri
Registered User
(6/2/02 5:51:40 am)
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Re: Cafe Scheherazade
Karen, it's so nice to see you pop up here again. Cafe Scheherazade sounds fascinating -- thanks for the reading tip.
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William
Saxton
Registered User
(7/3/02 9:51:40 am)
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Re: Cafe Scheherazade
Here's a different perspective I think! If I have a tough personal problem I have consulted an inner "court" of characters representing parts of me. Recently I added another "court" of feminine images, including Sheherazade. I journaled on "How to deal with the witch queen [Snow White's problem]" when she shows up in my life, usually by my own projection.
Sheherazade's answer was: look for relevant fairy tales. That's how I found this board, btw!
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