Recognition in the Arabic Narrative Tradition
Discovery, Deliverance and Delusion
Seiten
2016
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-1372-5 (ISBN)
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-1372-5 (ISBN)
Offers new vistas for reading, understanding and interpreting Arabic literature as well as the culture in which it was produced.
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.
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.
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.
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. A Cognitive Reading of the Qurʾānic Story of Joseph
Chapter 2. Joseph in The Life of Muḥammad: Prophecy in Tafsīr (Exegesis), Sīrah (Biography) and Ḥadīth (Tradition)
Chapter 3. Joseph and His Avatars
Chapter 4. Intertextuality and Reading: The Myth of Deliverance in al-Faraj baʿd al-Shiddah
Chapter 5. The Picaresque Maqāmah
Conclusion
Appendix: anagnorisis in falsafah
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.09.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Edinburgh Studies in Classical Arabic Literature |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 703 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-1372-2 / 1474413722 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-1372-5 / 9781474413725 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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