ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Embedded narrative. Another technique featured in the One Thousand and One Nights is an early example of the “story within a story", or embedded narrative technique: this can be traced back to earlier Persian and Indian storytelling traditions, most notably the Panchatantra of ancient Sanskrit literature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Very simply put, the frame story itself is one of a king, King Shahrayar, who has been betrayed by his wife, and who is off commiserating with his brother, King Shahzaman, who had suffered a similar fate himself. On their journey, they encounter a beautiful woman who is being held captive by the most fearsome genie.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Arabian Nights employs the use of a frame story or a framing device through which Shahrazad presents a set of tales to the King over many nights. Interestingly, many of the tales within the overarching frame story are also frame stories themselves.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Thousand and One Nights, also know as The Arabian Nights, or Alf laylah wa laylah in Arabic, is a collection of stories from unknown dates and authors taking place largely in the Middle East. The range of locations of the stories-India, Iran, Egypt-indicates that the tales came from multiple authors.