The Hunchback’s Tale
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The Hunchback’s Tale is a comic and intricately framed story within The Arabian Nights, involving a series of characters who each claim responsibility for the apparent death of a hunchback.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic tale
ⓘ
embedded narrative ⓘ framed narrative ⓘ story ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Islamic Golden Age storytelling ⓘ |
| centralEvent | apparent death of a hunchback ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Middle Eastern literature ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | a hunchback ⓘ |
| genre |
comic fiction
ⓘ
frame tale ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
apparent corpse that is not truly dead
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chain of blame ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fate
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humor in misfortune ⓘ misunderstanding ⓘ responsibility ⓘ |
| includedIn | various translations of The Arabian Nights ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Arabic ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Arabic folk literature ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | frame story ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
entertainment
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moral reflection through comedy ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
multiple narrators
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story within a story ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Arabian Nights
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surface form:
One Thousand and One Nights
The Arabian Nights ⓘ |
| plotDevice | multiple characters claiming responsibility for a death ⓘ |
| setting | Middle Eastern city ⓘ |
| structure | series of interlinked accounts ⓘ |
| tone | comic ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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