Arabic Literature

An Analysis of the Role of Referring Images in the Process of Decentralization in Yaghoub al-Sharoni’s Children’s Stories

Mojghan Bayat Kashkoli; Ali Asghar Habibi; Abdolbaset Arab Yoosefabadi

Volume 13, Issue 1 , May 2021, , Pages 67-90

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2019.279670.612055

Abstract

Decentralization in referring images is a kind of visual decentralization in which the child makes comparisons by referring to the images after or before the current image. These comparisons ... Read More Decentralization in referring images is a kind of visual decentralization in which the child makes comparisons by referring to the images after or before the current image. These comparisons distract him/her from the current image and make him/her refer to other components and dimensions of the images or text of the story. The use of visual decentralization techniques brings the child closer to the decentralization stage. In the present study, which aims to analyze and discover the role of referring images in the mental decentralization of the child, the referring visual decentralization techniques used in ten stories written by Yaghoub al-Sharoni (1931-2017) are examined. In order to achieve the goal of the research and an appropriate result, first, the techniques used in the statistical population are divided into 7 categories: image-text alignment, self-reference, two-part images, prognosis, similarity, long shot and close-up, superficiality and profundity. Then, all the images of these stories that are in line with the subject, goals and questions of the research are collected. The article tries to find out which type of referring visual decentralization has the highest frequency in the selected stories of Al-Sharoni, and what Al-Sharoni’s goal was in using the techniques of referring visual decentralization in his stories. The results indicate that there are 232 cases of referring decentralization techniques in the stories, that is approximately 30 techniques in each story, which is a very high frequency. Among the techniques used, image-text alignment have the highest frequency in the stories (%40 and %28 respectively). The frequent use of the image-text alignment technique is due to the fact that it is the most appropriate and comprehensible decentralization technique for the child since it engages, dynamizes, and develops the child’s mental creativity. It is also found that stimulating creativity and mental dynamism of the child, making the stories attractive through changing its usual form, preventing his/her mind from superficial perception, and making him/her discover the underlying and complex layers of the story are the main goals of Yaghoub al-Sharoni in using the referring-decentralizing images.

Metamorphosis of Symbol in Political Poems of Nazzar Ghobani

mojtaba behroozi; ali asghar habibi; Ali akbar Ahmadi Chenari

Volume 10, Issue 2 , December 2018, , Pages 101-121

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2019.240456.611772

Abstract

The complex political and social conditions of contemporary era and the emergence of the contradictions of society in some Arab countries, along with the artistic motivations, makes ... Read More

Technique of Niqāb (Innuendo) in the “Jesus afte Crucifixion” Ode in Shākir al-Sayyāb

Najmeh Rajaei; Ali Asghar Habibi

Volume 3, Issue 1 , August 2011, , Pages 85-114

Abstract

The tendency to say things indirectly rather than being explicit is one of the most evident qualities of contemporary Arabic poetry. To achieve this indirectness, the contemporary poets ... Read More

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Author = Ali Asghar Habibi

An Analysis of the Role of Referring Images in the Process of Decentralization in Yaghoub al-Sharoni’s Children’s Stories

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Metamorphosis of Symbol in Political Poems of Nazzar Ghobani

Abstract

Technique of Niqāb (Innuendo) in the “Jesus afte Crucifixion” Ode in Shākir al-Sayyāb

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