Antoine Galland

Background of “The Arabian Nights” The Islamic Golden Age Among several renown works of the Islamic Golden Age is The Thousand and One Nights, which was consolidated between the 10th and the 14th centuries, and which later became a source of inspiration for not only many writers, but also for the Arabian Theater. The Islamic Golden Age refers to the period when the Muslim world was ruled by various caliphates, which came to an end in 1258 due to the Mongol invasions and the sack of Baghdad. Nonetheless

In One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, the chapter “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp”, created by Antoine Galland, tells of a young man’s luck filled journey from the poverty of the colonized into the riches of the colonizer. Aladdin, an idle street boy is tricked by a magician into fetching a lamp for him from a cave. To help him, Aladdin receives a ring which contains a genie who helps him escape after the magician traps Aladdin. After realizing that the lamp contains a powerful genie, Aladdin uses

The Thousand and One Nights, generally known to the English, speaking world as the Arabian Nights, is a compendium of Arabic tales compiled between the twelfth and the fourteenth centuries. The collection starts with the story of King Shahrayar. Betrayed by his adulterous wife, he swears never to trust a woman again, deciding instead to marry a different virgin every night and have her executed the next day. He carries out his plan for three years, until his Vizier can no longer find a virgin to

stories, starting from the 9th century in the Abbasid period, they were translated into Arabic in the 13th century in Damascus, and named “Alf Layla wa Layla” (Muslim Philosophy, 2008). Translating the stories in the West French orientalist Antoine Galland initiated

Gender and Power in The Arabian Nights Works Cited Not Included Contemplating the relationship between gender and power, one undoubtedly notices that tradition regards men as the holders of official office and power. Historically, men have also always been the leaders of their families, and turned to in times of trouble or need. Making generalizations is normally a weak approach to any task; in this case however, it is necessary to do so in order to illustrate how drastically opposite the situations

Aladdin and the Magic Pickle Jar 60 Minute Lesson 12 Fabulously Funny Folktale Plays by Justin McCory Martin Build Books BrickLAB Bricks Folktale Theater (20 min) Igloo Build (15 min) Engineering Challenge (20 min) Extensions - optional Wrap Up (5 min) Encounter the double-edged sword of word choice with a table reading of Aladdin and the Magic Pickle Jar! Based on the original folktale, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, the History of the Tale section found in the Teacher’s Guide on p. 15 of

Walloon like Dufay, whose name appears among the pontifical singers in 1431, composed motets, including a four-part "Fortis cum quevis actio" and a critically acclaimed "Ave Maria". The next generation of composers included Johannes Ockeghem and Antoine Busnois. Okeghem was a priest, and was principal chaplain to Charles VII of France and, to Louis XI, canon and treasurer of St. Martins at Toursbeing. His motet, "Alma Redemptoris", displays much contrapuntal ingenuity, and he also wrote a motet for

Antoine Lavoisier: The Father of Modern Chemistry Antoine Lavoisier was born to a wealthy family on August 26, 1743. His father was Jean-Antoine Lavoisier, who worked in the Paris Parliament as a lawyer. His mother was Emilie Punctis, who was from a wealthy family that owned a butchery business. Antoine pursued a degree in law in accordance with his family’s wishes, despite his personal desire to study science. During this time Antoine studied science along with his law studies. In 1764, Antoine

Antoine Lavoisier was born on August 26, 1743 in Paris, France. He is still to this day considered the “Father of Modern Chemistry” due to his contributions to chemistry. He became such an influential chemist from his life, discoveries and contributions, and his other contributions outside of his studies. His mother was Emilie Punctis; she had inherited a large amount of money from her family’s success with a butchery business. Lavoisier, being five at the time of his mother’s death, was left with

George Rodrigue is the artist I chose to research on because of his very bland unique of art work. George Rodrigue was born in the city of New Iberia on March 13, 1944- December 14, 2013. Mr.Rodrigue attended an all-male high school named Brothers of the Christian Schools. He started painting small landscape portraits and gradually increased to family gatherings. He studied art at University of Southwestern Louisiana which is known to us today as University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Also, he attended