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Amene Forouzan Kamali, Khodadad Bahri, Rasoul Balavi ,
Volume 3, Issue 2 (Spring & Sammer 2022)
Abstract
The hybridization is one of the most prominent critical concepts in novels and stories, which means the diversity and combination of languages, styles, dialogues and literary genres in a single text. Hybridization, from the point of view of Mikhail Bakhtin and the Russian formalists is a kind of stylistic aesthetics which indicates the genius of the novelist and his mastery of writing polyphonic novels. The novel "Ashar Salawat le-algasad" by Wafa 'Abd al-Razzaq is one of these types of novels, which hybridization included its components such as: personality, space-time, and the form of language and style. This research tries to use descriptive-analytical method to study the effects of "hybridization" and how to use it in the novel "Ashar Salawat Le-aljasd" by Wafa Abd al-Razzaq. Results show that the author has combined his novel with other literary genres such as poetry and biography and has used their techniques in his text to give it dynamism and beauty. As it deals with the combination of characters and sounds, as well as temporal and spatial spaces, which are reflected in the multiplicity of places and times by moving from the past to the present or from one place to another. As it deals with the combination of her own views and those of women who each express a common pain, these thoughts and ideas are in conflict with the views arising from the religion and culture of each country regarding the identity of women and social status.
Zainab Daryanward, Mohammad Javad Pourabed, Rasoul Balavi, Ali Khezri, Haitham Al-Suwaili,
Volume 5, Issue 1 (11-2023)
Abstract
Focalization in narrative texts determines the point of view in movies. This also plays a significant role in advancing the events and the narrative process through the multiple effects of the focal point. It can be argued that the overlap between novelistic focalization and cinematic focalization is advantageous for both fields. Focalization in narrative texts designates the position and place of the narrator and the point of view from which he/she narrates the events while in cinema focalization means that the camera narrates each character’s point of view separately, which affects the spectator. Also, these dramatic elements increase the audience’s ability to understand the discourse in such a way that focalization becomes a dramatic technique. This argument holds particularly true for Zahran Al-Qassimi’s The Sniper. He locates the viewpoints in different places of the villages of Oman through the camera Saleh bin Sheikhan, the protagonist, carries with him. This study, based on a descriptive-analytical method, addresses the focalization techniques within the cinematic discourse and its various effects in The Sniper focusing on the image structure. The objective of this study is to examine the signs of image focalization within the novel’s cinematic discourse. It finds that the way the interaction of the camera and the narrator’s personality affects the spectator can be observed in various scenes. This study specifically focuses on visual focalization and its dimensions.
Zeinab Mayahi, الدکتور رسول بلاوی, Rasoul Balavi, Dr. Hosein Mohtadi, Dr. Ali Khezri, Dr. Mohamad Javad Pourabed,
Volume 6, Issue 1 (1-2025)
Abstract
The language communication theory has recently achieved a significant foothold in critical studies. Roman Jakobson, a member of Prague school, has propounded influential linguistic “functions” and “factors” to examine poetic texts particularly. According to him, effective verbal communication should have the following factors: (1) context, (2) addresser (sender), (3) addressee (receiver), (4) contact, (5) common code, and (6) message. He has also proposed six distinct functions of language: referential, poetic, emotive, conative, phatic, and metalingual. Literary critics and scholars have paid particular attention to the narrative and dialogue nuances of modern novels. This study draws on Jakobson’s factors and functions in order to examine Rousha Dakhaz’s The Remnants by adopting an analytical-descriptive approach and referring to the American School of Comparative Literature. It identifies that cultural, political, and social references are the most utilized linguistic functions in the novel because it revolves around the events and incidents of war and political changes. With regard to the referential function, the author uses the first-person narrator to verbalize the characters’ emotions. With regard to the emotive function, the novelist has used second-person pronouns as well as imperative and interrogative pronouns in order to engage readers. The poetic and metalingual functions are the least used ones throughout the novel.
