ELHAM JORFI; naeeim amouri
Abstract
Abstract
The novel is a long fictional prose genre that relies on imagination and consists of several elements and components. These elements are interconnected with each other within ...
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Abstract
The novel is a long fictional prose genre that relies on imagination and consists of several elements and components. These elements are interconnected with each other within specific relationships; one of these elements and components is the character element (personage), which is a central element and a fundamental component in every narrative, as a novel cannot be imagined without characters. Due to the importance of this topic, we studied the characters and their different types in the novel "Gha'ib" by the Iraqi writer Batoul Al-Khuḍayri according to the theory of the French critic and theorist Philippe Hamon on the semiotics of the character, which is based on four principles:
Hamon classified them into three categories: referential characters, indexical characters, and evocative characters.
The results of the descriptive-analytical research indicate that the characters of this novel are symbolic characters used by the author to express her ideas. Through these characters, she has depicted the political, economic, and social reality of Iraq during the period of wars and the imposed siege. These characters can also be considered social characters because each of them has a social role in Iraqi society at that time. The meaning and descriptive level of the characters is expressed through the presentation of the story's heroine. The author has paid great attention to providing the reader with the intellectual and mental level of the characters, as well as their physical, psychological, and social characteristics. The author's choice of names for the characters was deliberate and not random, and it achieved its readability throughout the text
