Arabic Literature

A study on the process of interaction between literature and cinema, the novel “The Beginning and the End” by Naguib Mahfouz as an example

elahe mokhtari; fateme parchegani

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 07 January 2024

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2024.368588.612761

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This beautiful magical world; Its language, its personalities, its crises, its context, its events, and the fertile imagination and amazing beauty of its affairs and techniques. One ... Read More

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The Semiotics of Characters in "Yutalibuni Bi al-Raqsa al-Kamila He Asked Me to Dance" by Muna Shafei

Raja AbuAli; Akram Habibi bardboury

Volume 11, Issue 1 , July 2019, , Pages 111-132

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2019.257565.611905

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Characters represent the main role in dramatic works of art. As characterization paves the way to know about the life of real characters, the characters undertake the task of narrative ... Read More Characters represent the main role in dramatic works of art. As characterization paves the way to know about the life of real characters, the characters undertake the task of narrative acts and they seeking to outpouring these actions to the definite end. It is an important element for the perception of reality through the its movement and works and emotions that penetrate the context of the novel and framed from the beginning to the last words and it must be the details of physical character and historical, cultural, ethnic and social characteristics that paint the general impression about the character to be included in the text of the novel; Because the novel aims at reflect human meanings. Thus, the present paper aims at review the semiotics of the characters in the novel "he Asked me to Dance" (Yutªlibuni Bi al-Raqsa al-Kªmila) by Kuwaiti novelist Munª Shᾱfei. the present research followed the descriptive analysis, and chosed the A.J. Greimas’s model for Semiotics of Characters in the novel, based on this model the characters (subject/ actor) have goals in novels, they also have incentives to achieve their goals, according to this the characters are driven by their motivating incentives toward their goal which is effect )object) and maybe these actors/subjects (characters) faced with assistance factors in reaching their goals. The novel is full of feelings and love. The novel "he Asked me to Dance" (Yutªlibuni Bi al-Raqsa al-Kªmila) is about female characters in families that a husband has multiple wives. This novel as a feminist novel investingtigates woman’s concerns and issues clearly, it considers women as the main subject to show her relationship with men and society. In the end, the article reached that Munª Shªfei gave the character of the novel a super importance and it’s visible, psychological and social dimensions have emerged clearly. In other words, The characters were presented through several methods in the novel "he Asked me to Dance" that including: reporting style and psychological and imaginative ways, Moreover, the names of the characters are are not arbitrary but chose by writer for narrative and certain reasons which deter the location of each character in the narrative text; each character has different subjective, replacement, virtual or aesthetical roles in the story.

The Review and Criticism of the Historical Novel al-Yaum al-Mawʿūd Written by Najib al-Kailani

Sharafat Karimi

Volume 11, Issue 1 , July 2019, , Pages 195-216

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2019.212399.611511

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The historical narrative is a story about the past and its events in a specified time and space. al-Yaum al-Mawʿūdnarrated by Egyptian writer Najib al Kailªni. He wrote this ... Read More

Intellectuals and alienation a Comparative study of “Ghada al-Samman and Ghazaleh Alizadeh novels

Yadollah Ahmadi Malayeri; Somayyah Aghajani Yazdabadi

Volume 5, Issue 1 , July 2013, , Pages 1-18

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2013.35583

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This study entitled intellectuals and their relations to alienation: A Comparative study of “Ghada al-Samman and Ghazaleh Alizadeh novels. The study includes Ghada al-Samman’s ... Read More

“Review and analysis on plot in Novel “At-Tariq Al-Tawil” written by Naguib AL- Keilani”

Zahra Afzali; Mehri Kheirizadeh

Volume 3, Issue 3 , February 2012, , Pages 55-82

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At present, story literature has achieved an extraordinary credit in terms of purposing the foremost and most orginal issues concerning to human as well as the rate of influence and ... Read More

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A study on the process of interaction between literature and cinema, the novel “The Beginning and the End” by Naguib Mahfouz as an example

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The Semiotics of Characters in "Yutalibuni Bi al-Raqsa al-Kamila He Asked Me to Dance" by Muna Shafei

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The Review and Criticism of the Historical Novel al-Yaum al-Mawʿūd Written by Najib al-Kailani

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Intellectuals and alienation a Comparative study of “Ghada al-Samman and Ghazaleh Alizadeh novels

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“Review and analysis on plot in Novel “At-Tariq Al-Tawil” written by Naguib AL- Keilani”

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