Philip F Kennedy

Recognition in the Arabic Narrative Tradition (eBook, PDF)

Discovery, Deliverance and Delusion

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 'anagnorisis' 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.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474413732
• Artikelnr.: 50402518

Autorenporträt

Philip F. Kennedy is Professor of Arabic Literature at New York University. He is author of The Wine Song in Classical Arabic Poetry: Abu Nuwas and the literary tradition (1997) and General Editor of the Library of Arabic Literature, a joint project of the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute and NYU Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. A Cognitive Reading of the Qur
anic Story of Joseph Chapter 2. Joseph in The Life of Mu
ammad: Prophecy in Tafsir (Exegesis), Sirah (Biography) and
adith (Tradition) Chapter 3. Joseph and His Avatars Chapter 4. Intertextuality and Reading: The Myth of Deliverance in al-Faraj ba
d al-Shiddah Chapter 5. The Picaresque Maqamah Conclusion Appendix: anagnorisis in falsafah Glossary Bibliography Index