This article discusses the performative function of enumeration in Arabic prose. Bringing together a great variety of word lists from classical to modern prose (including the 1001 Nights, al-Tawḥīdī, al-Suyūṭī, al-Shidyāq, and Darwīsh), it unveils their often neglected importance to literature by drawing from an emerging scholarship on enumeration. Focusing on “enumerative games” (Mainberger), the article does not ask what the enumerated elements mean, but how the act of enumerating produces meaning. In the first part, the article discusses elements central to the poetics of the enumerative (including items, length, arrangement, and frame). In the second part it deals with the politics of enumeration in the example of al-Shidyāq’s al-Sāq ʿalā al-sāq fī mā huwa al-Fāriyāq (1855). The article seeks to provide a basic approach to enumeration and argues that enumerative games in literature perform acts of cultural politics.

本文讨论了阿拉伯散文中枚举的执行功能。汇集了从古典到现代散文的各种单词列表（包括1001晚，al-Tawḥīdī，al-Suyūṭī，al-Shidyāq和Darwīsh），它通过利用新兴的奖学金吸引了人们经常忽视的文学重要性。枚举。着眼于“枚举游戏”（Mainberger），这篇文章并不问枚举元素是什么意思，而是询问枚举的行为是如何产生意义的。在第一部分中，文章讨论了枚举诗学的核心要素（包括项目，长度，排列和框架）。在第二部分中，以al-Shidyāq的al-Sāqʿalāal-sāqfīmāhuwaal -Fāriyāq的例子为例，阐述了枚举政治。（1855年）。本文旨在提供一种基本的枚举方法，并认为文学中的枚举游戏会执行文化政治行为。