Aristotelian Narratology: Anagnorisis and Peripetia in three Selected Stories of Masnavi-Ma’navi

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M.A of English language and literature

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This present article aims at examining a narratological study of the inner plot of selected stories of Masnavi-Ma’navi –namely, “The Parrot and the Merchant”, “The Snake and the Snake-Catcher”, and “Students and their Teacher”- on the basis of Aristotle’s theories as discussed in his seminal work Poetics. Introducing Aristotle as the founder of narratology and using his ideas about an effective plot as discussed in Poetics, we aim at investigating the moral lessons conveyed through the use of the two Aristotelian concepts of Peripetia and Anagnorisis. The selected stories contain the fifth and sixth forms of Aristotelian discovery, the most effective forms of discovery, which are formed either through the natural sequence of events, the false inference, or deception of the characters. The article tries to answer the question: Are Aristotelian theories of Peripetia and Anagnorisis applicable to Mowlana’s narrative poetry? This research has profited from comparative and analytical methodology.

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