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Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych

スザンヌ・ピンクニー・ステトケビッチ

Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1950-01-01 （United States）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English, Arabic
Residence History
Bloomington, Indiana (Indiana University, faculty) → Washington, D.C. (Georgetown University, faculty)

Career

Occupations
Scholar, Professor, Scholar of Arabic literature
Active Years
1981-
Affiliations
Indiana University Bloomington, Georgetown University (Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies)
Memberships
American Oriental Society (presumed), Middle East Studies Association (presumed)
Influenced By
Abū Tammām, Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī, Pre-Islamic (Jāhiliyyah) poets

Education

Wellesley College
Art History
Degree: BA
Period: ～1972
Year of Graduation: 1972
Country: United States
University of Chicago
Classical Arabic Literature
Degree: PhD
Period: ～1981
Year of Graduation: 1981
Country: United States

Awards

King Faisal Prize
2022
Category: Arabic language and literature
Organization: King Faisal Foundation
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Abū Tammām and the Poetics of the ‘Abbāsid Age

1991 Scholarly work (poetics)

A scholarly study of Abū Tammām and the poetics of the ‘Abbāsid period, analyzing technique and historical context.

Arabic poeticsHistorical contextPoetic techniques

The Mute Immortals Speak: Pre-Islamic Poetry and the Poetics of Ritual

1993 Scholarly work (poetry and ritual)

Interprets pre-Islamic poetry from ritualistic and poetics perspectives, discussing the impact of orality and ritual on poetry.

OralityRitualPre-Islamic poetry

The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy: Myth, Gender, and Ceremony in the Classical Arabic Ode

2002 Scholarly work (religion & poetics)

Analyzes representations of legitimacy in classical Arabic odes from perspectives of myth, gender, and ceremony.

LegitimacyMythGender

The Mantle Odes: Arabic Praise Poems to the Prophet Muhammad

2010 Scholarly work (religious poetry)

A textual and poetics study of Arabic praise poems to the Prophet Muhammad known as the Mantle Odes.

Religious poetryEulogiesRitual

The Cooing of the Dove and the Cawing of the Crow: Late ʿAbbāsid Poetics in Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī’s Saqṭ al-Zand and Luzūm Mā Lā Yalzam

2022 Scholarly work (poetics)

Examines late ʿAbbāsid poetics through major works of Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī.

Late ʿAbbāsid poeticsTextual analysis

Bibliography

  • Abū Tammām and the Poetics of the ‘Abbāsid Age
  • The Mute Immortals Speak: Pre-Islamic Poetry and the Poetics of Ritual
  • The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy: Myth, Gender, and Ceremony in the Classical Arabic Ode
  • The Mantle Odes: Arabic Praise Poems to the Prophet Muhammad
  • The Cooing of the Dove and the Cawing of the Crow: Late ʿAbbāsid Poetics in Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī’s Saqṭ al-Zand and Luzūm Mā Lā Yalzam

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Detailed philological and poetics analysisComparison of orality and literacyInterdisciplinary approach emphasizing historical and cultural context
Recurring Motifs
RitualityLegitimacy and mythOral tradition

Legacy

Suzanne Stetkevych is a leading scholar of classical Arabic poetry whose work has deepened academic understanding of poetics, ritual, and legitimacy. Through long-term teaching and numerous publications she is highly regarded in the field of Arabic literary studies.

Academic Societies

  • American Oriental Society (presumed)
  • Middle East Studies Association (presumed)

Trivia

  • Awarded the 2022 King Faisal Prize in Arabic language and literature.
  • Holds the Sultan Qaboos bin Said Professorship at Georgetown University.
  • BA from Wellesley College and PhD from the University of Chicago.