02209cam a2200337 i 4500 161216t20162016stk b 001 0 eng d 9781474413725 1474413722 SDU PJ7519 K34 R 2016 Kennedy, Philip F., 220673 Recognition in the Arabic narrative tradition : discovery, deliverance and delusion / Philip F. Kennedy. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016 356 p. Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature 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. HKBU library YT2025 M09 "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"--Back cover. Joseph (Son of Jacob) In the Qurʼan. 220674 Joseph (Son of Jacob) Arabic literature History and criticism. Narration (Rhetoric) Recognition in literature. 220677 Arabic literature. Joseph (Son of Jacob) in the Qurʼan. 220678 Narration (Rhetoric) Recognition in literature. 220677 = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 112945 112945 0 0 lcc 0 PJ7519 K34 R2016 0 CGB 281964 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-09-15 2 0 PJ7519 K34 R 2016 1000374458 2025-09-15 00:00:00 C.1 2025-09-15 GBE