Recognition in the Arabic Narrative Tradition : Discovery, Deliverance and Delusion Hardback
by Philip Kennedy
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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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:30/09/2016
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- ISBN:9781474413725
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:30/09/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781474413725
