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020			_a9781474432177
082			_a892.709 _bPHI/R
100			_aPhilip F Kennedy
245			_aRecognition in the Arabic narrative tradition : discovery, deliverance and delusion
260			_aEdinburgh : _bEdinburgh University Press, _c2016.
300			_a356p.
520			_a 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. Aristotle coined the term ́⁰anagnÃþrisiś⁰₉ 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 Quŕ⁰₉an; the biography of Muhammad; Joseph in classical and medieval re-tellings; the ́⁰₈deliverance from adversitý⁰₉ genre and picaresque narratives
650			_aJoseph -- (Son of Jacob) -- In the Qurʼan. Arabic literature -- History and criticism. Narration (Rhetoric)
942			_cBK
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