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Recognition in the Arabic narrative tradition : discovery, deliverance and delusion
- Title
- Recognition in the Arabic narrative tradition : discovery, deliverance and delusion / Philip F. Kennedy.
- Author
- Kennedy, Philip F.
- Publication
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
- ©2016
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Details
- Description
- xi, 356 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "According to Aristotle, a well-crafted recognition scene is one of the basic constituents of a successful narrative. It is the point when hidden facts and identities come to light--in the classic instance, a son discovers in horror that his wife is his mother and his children are his siblings. Aristotle coined the term 'anagnôrisis for the concept. In this book Philip F. Kennedy shows how 'recognition' is key to an understanding of how one reads values and meaning into, or out of, a story. He analyses texts and motifs fundamental to the Arabic literary tradition in five case studies: the Qur'an; the biography of Muhammad; Joseph in classical and medieval re-tellings; the 'deliverance from adversity' genre and picaresque narratives."--Back cover.
- Series Statement
- Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature
- Uniform Title
- Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-348) and index.
- Contents
- A cognitive reading of the Qur'ānic story of Joseph -- Joseph in the Life of Muḥammad : prophecy in Tafsīr (exegesis), Sīrah (biography) and Ḥadīth (tradition) -- Joseph and his avatars -- Intertextuality and reading : the myth of deliverance in al-Faraj ba'd al-Shiddah -- Imposture and allusion in the picaresque maqāmah.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-12092
- ISBN
- 1474413722
- 9781474413725
- OCLC
- 960719888
- Author
- Kennedy, Philip F., author.
- Title
- Recognition in the Arabic narrative tradition : discovery, deliverance and delusion / Philip F. Kennedy.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literatureEdinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-348) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-12092