Recognition in the Arabic narrative tradition : discovery, deliverance and delusion /

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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 light́⁰₄in the classic instance, a son discovers in horror that his wife is his mother and his children are his siblings. Aris...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kennedy, Philip F. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
Series:Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature.
Subjects:
Joseph > (Son of Jacob) > In the Qurʼan.
Joseph > (Son of Jacob)
Centro para la Promoción de la Conservación del Suelo y del Agua > Buenos Aires
Koran
Josefserzählung
Arabic literature > History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Recognition in literature.
Littérature arabe > Histoire et critique.
Narration.
Reconnaissance dans la littérature.
RELIGION > Islam > Koran & Sacred Writings.
Arabic literature
Joseph (Son of Jacob) in the Qurʼan
Recognition in literature
Anagnorisis
Literatur
Erkenntnis > Motiv
Arabisch
Religiöse Literatur
Wiedererkennen > Motiv
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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