NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES IN THE BOOK OF THE

NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES IN THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS AND ITS IMPACT ON WORLD FICTION starts with a review of the history of The Thousand and One Nights, and a review of its impact on world literature and literary figures since its first translation, as a whole book, into Western languages during the early 19th century and until today. This book also discusses the narrative techniques of The Thousand and One Nights and the affinities of the techniques with the later invented literary techniques of metafiction. The nature, techniques, and theorization of metafiction are also explained. There are also