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Dr. Naeem Amouri , Mrs Parvin Khalili, Dr. Masoud Bavanpouri ,
Volume 3, Issue 1 (4-2022)
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Magical realism means the combination of reality, magic and imagination, that is, reality and the unreal. This style is a new style in Arabic novelism, in addition to exploring the narrative form and transcending the boundaries of the narrative tradition, opening the way for him to explain some of the issues through this new form of narrative. This literary tendency has developed in Arabic novels and among its writers; one of them is Ahmad Khaled Tawfiq (1962- 2018). He is one of the pioneers of the literature of fear in contemporary Arabic literature. He has written valuable works and novels in this field; one of his most famous novels is "Fi Mamar el-Feeran" and is an advanced and advanced type of "The Story of the Exalted One", No. 68 of his supernatural series. In this novel, he has addressed the social issues of his society, Egypt, with a place of fear and magic, imagination, fear and darkness and myth. The present study is an analytical-descriptive study of the events of this novel from the perspective of magic realism and tries to understand the social and political aspects hidden in it. One of the most important findings of the research is that Khaled Tawfiq draws a picture of contemporary Egyptian society and how they deal with issues such as poverty, ignorance, darkness, and fear of enemies, and exposes problems of their nation such as despair, deprivation, and cruelty such as enemies. Israel picks up. In this way he has used extensive imagination and various techniques such as combining real elements with the imagination and applying Greek myths such as Odysseus, Prometheus, etc., and accurately describing superstitious persons and personalities.
Bashir Amin,
Volume 3, Issue 1 (4-2022)
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Time and space are parts of the major components in fiction literature that could not be separated from each other, both of them play a tremendous role in novel setting. This research aimed to examine the structure of time and space in “the Year, and Journey of az-Zahra” of Murtadha Abdussalam Al-Haqiq in order to affirm to which extent the novelist succeeded in constructing these two components in his novels. Descriptive method was adopted for the research. The study revealed that time and space were given great values during the narration and they were both linked with other components in the novels. The researcher discovered many results at the end of the study, these include but not limited to the fact that the novelist adopted modern narrative techniques to construct time and space in the novels. While narrating time of events, he used paradox techniques to brief the reader about past events and predicted the future of characters. He equally depended on summary and omission to speed up the narration forward to avoid missioning issues that do not fit the content of the narration. He then used dialogue and descriptive pause to slow down the narration to reveal the emotions and feelings of the characters. On the structure of space, the novelist succeeded in giving an accurate description to all spaces in the novels and attached a special cultural values to them, such as; denoting poverty and wealth, open and close spaces, rural and urban. Finally, space-time in the novels was able to determine the path of the characters, revealing their emotions and affiliations, expressing their concerns and obsessions, and carrying their visions and aspirations.
Majid Saleh Bek, Shahrzad Amirsoleymani,
Volume 3, Issue 1 (4-2022)
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In general,this research seeks to reveal the concept of critical discourse and its mechanism in the novel Sons of the Wind written by Laila Atrash.The point of view of narrative discourse fluctuates between the narrative content and its narrative components and the critical view of the novelist about the facts of her life which is published in the form of discourse in her work.The basis of critical discourse studies is the examination of the relationship between discourse and power,or between discourse and society in general,and it is considered one of the definite matters of its research.Norman Fairclough`s theory is a social cognitive model that deals with the critical analysis of texts.It deals ith the text as a literary text and as a discourse affected by the social context and influencing it.Therefore, the basis of this researh is to link presentation with analysis through Fairclough`s critical discourse analysis approach,an approach based on which language use is a communicative event that includes three dimensions.The first dimension is textual and is based on linguistic and formal features from which the discourse of the novel is derived.The second dimension is a discourse that includes the process of producing,expanding and using the text.And the third dimension is social and cultural,which is based on the interpretations and its relationship with the social context during the creation of the textT and Through that the external context affecting the text is analyzed.The results of this reserch,after applying the criteria of Fairclough`s theory in the novel Sons of the wind,are such that language means words,constructions,text structure and textual coherence towards changing the previous values of the society and imposing new values that are conflict with the wrong behavior of organizations and people of the society towards children living in orphanages and have tried to change the strict laws of the Ministry of Development.In the stage of interpretation,the narrator has described the climate governing the society through clear and obvious discourse that is in agreement with his ideology.In the formation explanation stage,he specifies that the living conditions of childeren in orphanages and their problems in society are among the effective factorse in the of the novel`s main discourse.
Phd Jamal Talebi Gharegheshlaghi,
Volume 3, Issue 1 (4-2022)
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The Prisoner of Mirrors is the title of a novel by Saud Al-Sanousi, the Kuwaiti novelist, who began it with this sentence from the Indian Tagore (He who carries his lamp behind his back sees nothing but his shadow in front of him). With this phrase, the writer tries to express the content of the novel in a concise, philosophical sentence, and through it he touches the deepest meanings found in it. This novel is not just a romantic drama novel, but rather it appears through its details that it revolves around the search for the self, the discovery of a dispersed and lost identity, and the pursuit of happiness. chronotop plays an effective role in accelerating and renewing the course of the novel's events. It is a technique considered by many critics to be one of the most important narrative structures for understanding and visualizing events in the narrative construction. This study proceeded to its treatment and its various forms of manifestation and its implications through its descriptive and analytical approach. After presenting and analyzing the subject, the study concluded that the manifestations of the temporal structure in the novel are more temporal than spatial. Because the novel narrates the moral aspect of the story of the suffering of Abd al-Aziz, the protagonist of the novel, who lived a life of loneliness and pessimism. I also noticed that time within the novel is dominated by the retrieval mechanism more than the anticipation. Because your love for the events in the novel centers on the past. Finally, the aesthetic of the narrative structural structure complements the acceleration and slowdown of the narration and the summary, scene and pause that they contain, as these mechanisms, in their entirety, created an integrated tone that tells the story of a hero (abd al-aziz) suffering from loneliness and alienation and trying to recover himself and reveal his identity.
Raja Abuali, Maedeh Zohriarab,
Volume 3, Issue 2 (10-2022)
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Metafiction is a style of writing novel and a phenomenon that emerges from postmodern narration, and one of its features is experimentation and breaking the familiar patterns of the novel and there is no doubt that metafiction is a kind of displacement in the narrative and it tends to produce a new vision and a new discourse that dominates over the discourse that is known to everyone, and on this basis, metafiction opens more than one subject for the recipient. It also means "the story about the story," that is, the novel's talk about itself or the description of its inner world, and it discusses its critical perceptions about the narration. However, the attempt of metafiction to break and destroy the old and build it again in a different framework, is what made it a postmodern technique. It is important to say that "William Gass" is one of the famous who used this term in his critical studies. The phenomenon of metafiction has attracted the attention of researchers, and they are applying it to a number of Arabic and other novels; hence the idea of this research came to apply the features and forms of metafiction in the novel "Azazel" by Youssef Zaidan, based on the descriptive-analytical style. Hence, the aim of this research is to explore metafictive forms by analyzing their metafictive text to show the writer's creativity. One of the results we have reached in this research is that the metafictive style in this novel is seen through aspects such as: reference to writing, the rebellion of characters against the author, breaking chronology and other metafictive techniques.
Ali Khaleghi , Ati Abiat,
Volume 3, Issue 2 (10-2022)
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Critical discourse analysis is one of the advanced theories in the study of discourse that deals with language, and helps through text and speech to create social and political power. Norman Fairclough was the first to develop a study in the analysis of critical discourse. Ahmed Al-Saadawi, the Iraqi novelist (1973-till now) wrote the novel "Frankenstein in Baghdad" and won the Arab Booker Prize. Hadi Al-Atak (a seller of antiques in a neighborhood in central Baghdad), was collecting the remains of the victims of terrorist bombings during the winter of 2005, to paste these parts and produce a strange human being, who quickly rises to carry out a massive revenge and revenge against the criminals who killed its parts. The fates of intertwined personalities during the exciting pursuit in Baghdad and its neighborhoods. The research revolves around three levels: the first is the “description level” which deals with the external weaving of the text, the second is the “explanation level” which searches for the ideology found in the text of the novel, and the third is the “interpretation level” which is a study on The internal weaving of the text, and the idea and emotion are the significance of this text.We would like to summarize the results of the research: as follows: The description in the structure of the text The novel focuses on the element of repetition and intertextuality “another narration between this narration”, as well as in terms of resemblance to the phrases that distinguish the narration from the rest. Likewise, the level of explanation is limited to the ideology in which the events of the novel take place in one of the old Baghdad neighborhoods, in the Al-Batoun neighborhood, which is known for the mixing of its residents of different nationalities, sects and homogeneous sects. In terms of interpretation, emotion plays a positive role in this novel, as the disturbing facts of an explosion or other terrorist campaigns occur. The approach that we have adopted in this regard is the descriptive-analytic that deals with the novel "Frankenstein in Baghdad" in the light of Norman Fairclough's vision.
Amene Forouzan Kamali, Khodadad Bahri, Rasoul Balavi ,
Volume 3, Issue 2 (10-2022)
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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.
Tayebeh Amirian , Jahangir Amiri,
Volume 3, Issue 2 (10-2022)
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The Thousand and One Nights, with its varied features based on the process of narration, description and dialogue between the characters in the space of time and place, reflects the reality of society in its various aspects, where the contemporary novelist seeks to enhance his novelistic effectiveness by being inspired by The Thousand and One Nights, as a source text, with the refinement of his literary faculties and his mind for creation. “Soulaf Baghdad” by Muhsin Jassim al-Musawi, the Iraqi critic and novelist, who borrowed “Baghdad” to represent the bleak Iraqi reality after the American occupation, is only the evidence of his direct, creative and indirect influence on the narrative climates of the tales of the nights from the stylistic point of view. For the spread of his ideas, his novelistic or creative experience, and his critical skill, as a literary critic, he is immersed in the concepts and techniques of narration simultaneously. Getting to know the novelist's motive for inspiration from the narrative framework of The Thousand and One Nights, explains the necessity of conducting the current research using the descriptive-analytical method. It seems to us that the narrative structure of the novel, with its overlapping narrative structure, secret places, and the presence of eccentric characters, bringing poetry, associated with the thousand and one nights. It can be said that this influence is a driving force for a project that aims to draw the atmosphere of Baghdad, the tragic past of the fifties and Baghdad, its unknown and frightening future, next to the conditions and facts of “Soulaf” with its people, with several narrations in one narration by the narrator of Scheherazade, between reality and imagination. As for the content of the fictional work, It can be said that according to the author's critical viewpoint and the many books he wrote in the field of criticism of The Thousand and One Nights and Arabic narratology has provided his novel with an artistic image with a new reading of The Thousand and One Nights and the mechanisms of intellectual vision in it.
Hossein Mohtadi, Rodayna Jaber, Kahlil Boujahjah,
Volume 4, Issue 1 (12-2022)
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The End of a Brave Man addresses the issue of childhood and its effect on the individual's personality, considering the great impact that harsh upbringing has on the psyche of children, in addition to the impact of society and peers on them. The significance of studying the novel from a psychological point of view is twofold: on the one hand, the author of the novel is one of the leaders of contemporary Arab novelists and, on the other hand, the focus of the story is on the importance of childhood in building a person's character. Accordingly, this study pinpoints the impact of childhood on Mufid al-Wahsh, the protagonist of the novel. The main question that this research addresses is that what are the most important environmental factors affecting the development of Mofid al-Wahsh's personality? To answer this question, the study examines the role of parents in forming a child’s personality, along with the role of teachers, peers, and village people as members of society. It finds that the novel portrays a picture of an abused child who is subject to sufferings and pains as imposed by society. He experiences the first layer of abuse from the family due to emotional disorder as his kind mother cannot make up for his father’s unforgiveness. The second environmental factor is school where he comes to hate knowledge as he is fired from classes. Also, his peers spark misery and rebellion in him. Finally, the people of the village torture him regularly. Mofid al-Wahsh's personality represents the character of numerous men who lived in such a repressive upbringing environment. The protagonist’s conduct is indeed is a natural reflection of the upbringing he received, an upbringing that is based on the oppression of the father in the patriarchal Eastern society, a society where mothers have no role but to cry.
Reza Mohammadi, Azam Shamsoddini, Fateme Sistani,
Volume 4, Issue 1 (12-2022)
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The theoretical bases of contemporary narratology are arguably rooted in Russian formalism and in Ferdinand de Saussure’s structural linguistics. Narratology, accordingly, emerged as an independent field of study in the second half of the 20th century, and narratologists such as Gérard Genette articulated the theoretical foundations of narratology. They propounded five key categories used particularly in the analysis of novel: order, continuity, frequency, mood, and voice. Voice, in the analysis of novel, is coterminous with narration which contains two important aspects: “time” and “place”. This study, adopting a descriptive-analytical framework, examines different aspects of voice in Memoirs of an Iraqi Dog based on Genette’s ideas. The study finds that the form of voice used in novel is an internal one at the level of place and futuristic at temporal level.
Tawfiq Rezapour Mohaiseni, Hossein Mohtadi, Naser Zare, Seyed Haidar Fare Shirazi,
Volume 4, Issue 4 (12-2022)
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Implicit Model is a fundametal concept on which cultural criticism is baed; as it deals with the function of a model in texts and discourses and examines the textual subconscious, and dismantles the academic rhetorical language that is far from social problems and facts of the social life. This model may be present in songs, costumes, fables, and proverbs, as it is in poems, stories, novels, and other forms of art. Beneath all these elements of implicit masculinity model, is a cultural system perceived by the listener, viewer, or reader because of its hidden adaptation to an older model fixed in the mind.This research tries to monitor and analyze the pattern of implicit masculinity in the novel "Salt Cities" written by Abd al-Rahman Munif, relying on the analytical-descriptive approach and in the light of cultural criticism that investigates implicit cultural patterns. In the sub-topics, the representations of masculinity in the novel Cities of Salt are such as: Power, having a male child, the inferiority of women and the superiority of men, and egoism or inflation of the ego. This study reached a series of results, the most important ones of which are: Abd al-Rahman Munif consciously and unconsciously put the model of masculinity behind the aesthetic and literary model and tried to focus on the margin in addition to the centrality.
Raja Abu Ali, Akram Habibi Bardbouri,
Volume 4, Issue 4 (12-2022)
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The external layers of the text attract the attention of researchers in the study of literary texts, especially novels, And since “Gerargent” raised the issue of the textual layers of the text, this issue has become more prominent in critical fields. This article aims to understand the signs of the cover and its components in the novel “Nazif al-Hajr” by “Ebrahim Alkouni” a contemporary novelist. Therefore, this article studies all the components of the book cover, including the :color, title, and the photo on the cover, Because the cover of this novel contains semiotic meanings that deserve to be investigated and researched, And examining the cover of this novel shows that the author does not choose the cover of her book without reason, Rather, the novelist has goals in choosing the cover of his novel, and this research shows that the cover of this novel covers all the events of the novel. As the cover of this novel shows the goals and important events of the novel such as: totemism and the relationship between man and the totem, The reason for choosing this novel and studying its cover is that the cover in this novel is a strong focus on storing the inner text. The approach followed in this article is the analytical descriptive approach in the light of “Gerargent's theory”, which is related to the book cover, The cover of this novel reflects the meanings of murder, violence, blood, suffering and pain. Among the most important findings of the article: the photo on the cover of the novel depicts the intimate relationship between the animal (mountain goat) and “Asoof” (the hero of the novel), red color is the only dominant color in the cover of this novel. It is a symbol of killing and blood, and the title has been successful in drawing the important concepts of the text, both at the linguistic, metaphorical and figurative levels.
Zainab Daryanward, Mohammad Javad Pourabed, Rasoul Balavi, Ali Khezri, Haitham Al-Suwaili,
Volume 5, Issue 1 (11-2023)
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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.
Haidar Mahallati, Marwah Rahim Al-Rikabi ,
Volume 5, Issue 1 (11-2023)
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Fahad Mahmoud al-Asad (1939-2013), an Iraqi author who writes realistic novels, focuses on retelling and depicting the social life of rural people in southern Iraq. Drawing on artistic skills to produce well-structured narratives filled with literary devices such as simile, metonymy, and metaphor, this novelist has attracted the attention of a large audience. This research, based on an analytical-descriptive method, analyzes both the aesthetic of imagery and the rhetorical dimensions in al-Asadi’s novels and short story collections including The Cross, Halab Bin Ghariba, Darat Al-Ihsan, Aden is Lost, Sky Birds, and Muamra Ali. All of these narrative texts depict the bitter social reality that the southern people living in Iraq experienced. In the first novel, the novelist embodied the manifestations of injustice and suffering that the feudal system imposed on the peasants and the weak toiling classes (named by the author), to reject all kinds of oppression and tyranny. The second novel represents the prevailing social customs in southern Iraq, with all the beliefs, superstitions, and customary traditions that cannot be accepted by common sense. This novel is a true picture of the contradictions of rural society and its constant struggle between the old and the new. The third group of stories explicitly shows the class distinction between the segments of the same society, the extent of its danger to people’s lives, and its catastrophic repercussions that lead to the fragmentation and dispersion of people. The fourth group deals with human issues and social concerns, while the fifth group criticizes the lack of awareness and widespread ignorance among the backward classes of society. This research also aims to examine the aesthetic aspects of these works and show their impact on the audience. Among many findings of this research, one can point to the fact that the author attempts to discover the unwritten through the analysis of surface phenomena by using the techniques of narrative imagery in the framework of different readings. The author, in line with the narrative discourse and the technical structure of the story, avoids any type of exaggeration.
Monireh Zibayi,
Volume 5, Issue 2 (12-2023)
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The title of a work is a gateway to its textual and thematic underpinnings. Whether the title represents a work of prose or poetry constitutes a very important area in linguistics, in which semantic analysis serves to analyze a text for readers. Najm Wali is a contemporary Iraqi novelist who skillfully illustrates social realities in his works. The carefully selected titles of his novels hint at a particular social, cultural, or political reality of Iraqi society. This descriptive-analytical study examines the semantic features of the author’s titles as well as their lexical, semantic, phonetic, and syntactic aspects. The study suggests Wali’s titles are chosen strategically to signify certain social issues, directing our attention to those problems before we even start reading the novel.
Tahereh Heydari,
Volume 5, Issue 3 (4-2024)
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The police novel is different from other types of fiction because it considerably motivates the reader. It is arguably notable that the entire Arabic literature is almost devoid of this type, i.e. the police novel. Its scope revolves around crime, investigation, and the search for a solution in the end. Even if one may identify examples of this type of fiction, they do not rise to the level of the detective novel. In order to partially fill this gap in knowledge, this study examines the structure of formation and semantics in King of India, a Lebanese novel written in police/detective mode. The following questions are, accordingly, addressed in this study: what is the status of the police novel in Arabic and Lebanese literature and how does the police appear in the The King of India. To answer these questions, the study uses a descriptive-analytical framework.
Qader Qaderi, Javad Karkhaneh, Mahdi Mohammadinejad, Mohammadmahdi Roshanchesli, Zolaykha Janali Niya Syahkalroodi,
Volume 5, Issue 4 (6-2024)
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Women’s literature has experienced a new stage in the last two centuries with the presence of more women in the field of literature and the use of feminine language in order to defend women’s rights. This type of literature holds a special significance because women showcase parts of their inner issues in their literary works by paying attention to their personal characteristics by drawing on love and affection, as well as being influenced by the heavy pressures they always face in their societies. Among the most famous of these women, we can mention in Ghada al-Samman, the author of The Impossible Novel and Emily Bronte, the author of Wuthering Heights. Utilizing a descriptive-analytical approach, this study finds that marriage, women’s right to choose a spouse, clothing, education, work, and economic-social activity are the common points between these two authors. Finally, the education of women is central to the oeuvre of both of the authors.
Zahra Asadi, Aliasghar Habibi, Abdolhamid Ahmadi,
Volume 6, Issue 2 (4-2025)
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Novels can be categorized into different types based on their content. One category is the historical novel which examines historical events/issues from a realistic perspective. In this type of novel, the writer presents historical facts intertwined with imagination, reshaping history in a new and appealing form. It can be argued that the blend of historical facts and literary imagination is one of the most important characteristics that has attracted various classes of society to such novels and has made these novels easily comprehensible to them. This study examines two novels written by Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt) and Ibrahim Modarresi (Iran) based on historical events. The two writers artistically depict historical documents as they are familiar with the ancient history of their countries. Therefore, and due to the importance of research in historical novels, this study aims to explore the characteristics of historical novels in Mahfouz’s Radobis and Ibrahim Modrresi’s Bride of Madaen, by building on comparative literature theory. The results indicate that the writer’s extensive attention to the historical dimension in Bride of Madaen brings it closer to historical writings while in Radobis, the writer focused more on the artistic and imaginative aspects, making it more artistic than historical.
Haidar Mahallati,
Volume 6, Issue 2 (4-2025)
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Zahran Al-Qasimi, an Omani novelist, won the Booker International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2023 for her novel The Alienation of the Water Diviner. Al-Qasimi’s narrative records the struggles of an Omani rural community against the dual forces of nature and human ambition. This paper examines the social realities depicted in the novel through employing a sociological framework in order to explain the structure of social relations as determined by interpersonal interactions within the community. A distinctive feature of the novel, this paper suggests, is its emphasis on a selection of sounds and voices that permeate its narrative line. Al-Qasimi skillfully employs these auditory elements, focusing on both human sounds and the natural environment, to uncover their significance and impact on human existence. This research adopts a descriptive-analytical approach to examine the author’s unique employment of sound as a narrative device. It aims to decode the significance of these sounds, their impact on human life, and their relationship to the villagers’ culture and thought. Furthermore, the study investigates how Al-Qasimi skillfully employs sound as a tool to point to the villagers’ unspoken hardships.
Elham Khademi, Marzie Abad, Mohammad Javad Mahdavi, Mahdi Kermani,
Volume 6, Issue 3 (6-1983)
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In Erik Homburger Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, adolescence is the fifth stage. The main problem of this stage is the identity crisis, although not in its critical sense. In this article, identity is explored based on this theory in the Arabic young adult novel Cappuccino and the Persian Call Me Ziba. The novel Cappuccino is written by Fatima Sharafeddin, a Lebanese writer, and Call Me Ziba, is written by Farhad Hassanzadeh, an Iranian writer. The atmosphere of both novels is narrated in contemporary era. The main characters in Cappuccino are a young girl and a young boy, and the main character in Call Me Ziba is a young girl. These characters are involved in challenges and try to solve them. In Cappuccino, family violence of men against women is the main theme. Call Me Ziba portrays the most acute life conditions for adolescents and the possibility of getting rid of them. Paying attention to adolescence in order to form a successful identity has been the concern of many non-literary researches, but in literary studies, less attention has been paid to this period and the notion of identity; Therefore, in this research, the two novels are examined by using Erikson's theory, descriptive-analytical method, and the comparative literature approach. The results indicate that in the novels Cappuccino and Call Me Ziba, adolescent characteristics are placed in three categories based on Erikson's psychosocial development theory: 1) Identity crisis; 2) Identity-seeking, which itself includes the subcategories of identification, receiving social support and adolescent protest against the value system of adults in adolescence; and 3) Fidelity. Upon examining the place of identity and identity challenges of youngs in the novels Cappuccino and Call Me Ziba, it can be concluded that encouragement to patience, love of family, respect for elders, support of family members, understanding of family's unfavorable economic situation, and fidelity to family members are emphasized a lot.
