Arabic Literature - Articles in Press

Investigating Multivocality Representations in the Novel al-Zaman al-Mūhish (the Desolate Time) Using Bakhtin's Narrative Theory

Reza Anesteh; Aliasghar Ghahramani Moghbel; Rasoul Ballavi; Naser Zare

Volume 11, Issue 1 , July 2019, , Pages 49-70

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2019.278308.612050

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Polyphonic narrative technique (multivocality) appeared remarkably and manifestly in Modernism and Postmodernism, because unlike the classical novel, it is dependent on the diversity ... Read More Polyphonic narrative technique (multivocality) appeared remarkably and manifestly in Modernism and Postmodernism, because unlike the classical novel, it is dependent on the diversity and multiplicity of narrative perspectives that eliminates the dominance of the novelist and the omniscient narrator, and allows the views of different characters to be appeared in the way that characters are able to express their intellectual and emotional potentials freely and extensively. The polyphonic narrative technique represents different patterns of consciousness and diverse ideologies that are democratically appropriate to the complexities of the modern age and their effects on the narrative structure of modern novels and other elements. The addition of fictional characters leads to the multiplicity of text levels, the mobility and dynamics of characters, the exchange of roles, and the development of the meanings of narrative discourse, that gives the novelist freedom and ability to hide behind the mask of their characters, thereby removing monotony (Immobility) and static of text. Russian critic, Mikhail Bakhtin, is the first to refer to the "polyphonic narrative" by studying the works of Dostoyevsky, who cares about the complicated and diverse aspects of contemporary man's psychology and social life. In this regard, using a descriptive-analytical method in the light of Bakhtin's theory, the present study tries to analyze this issue and express the most important features of Polyphonic narrative in the novel "The Desolate Time" (al-Zaman al-Mūhish) by Syrian novelist Haidar Haidar. One of the most important results of this study is that this novel reaches the principle of polyphonic technique through dialogue and dialectics of characters with different and heterogeneous voices using techniques and mechanisms including: the multiplicity of ideologies, narrative perspectives and artistic methods can be setting, hybridisation, parody, stylisation, and expressive forms that reflect the internal and external crisis of characters which symbolizes the Arab community.

The Cinematic Montage in the Novel I’jaam by Sinan Anton in Light of Sergei Eisenstein’s Views

Ahmad Adel Saki; Mohammad Javad Pourabed; Rasoul Balavi; Ali Khezri

Volume 12, Issue 3 , November 2020, , Pages 49-71

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2020.286842.612123

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Montage is one of the techniques which modern novelists borrowed from cinema. This technique depicts the scenes of novel in a specific order to affect the mentality of the reader and ... Read More

Terminological Overlaps in the Pre-Islamic Literature and the Qur’an

Nasrollāh Shāmeli; A’zam Parcham

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, , Pages 53-76

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Reaching a considerable growth in terms of rhetoric, eloquence, and semantic richness of words or terms, the Arabic language was ready in the Pre-Islamic Period to receive the Divine ... Read More

Condemning of war, violence and Iraqi Ba’ath regime in view of Iraqi novelist “Hadieh Hussein”

Nehad Bazgir; Shahryar Niazi

Volume 8, Issue 2 , August 2017, , Pages 55-74

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2017.62558

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The attitude of revelation toward poets, based on the Poets Chapter of Quran

Hasan Rezaie; Ali Tamassoki Bidgoli

Volume 5, Issue 1 , July 2013, , Pages 57-84

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2013.35586

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The 224 to 226 verses of the Poets Chapter discuss those poets who are described as being followed by astray people, rambling here and there, and talking without doing. These holy verses ... Read More

Translability of Cultural Elements in Qasea Sermon of Nahj al-Balagha - Comparison of Ayati and Shahidi Translations with Consider to Newmark Theory

Ezzat Molla Ebrahimi; Zahra Rezaee

Volume 15, Issue 3 , September 2023, , Pages 57-79

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2022.341395.612540

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One of the models for evaluating the translation of cultural elements in texts is the model proposed by Peter Newmark (1988). Using a descriptive-analytical method and based on Newmark's ... Read More

an investigation of Various “Constructions of Imperfect Verb of Kâna” in Quran and Criticism of Translators Attitudes in Finding Persian Equivalent for It

Mohammad Reza Haji Esmaili; Reza Shokrani; Zohreh kiani

Volume 8, Issue 1 , September 2016, , Pages 59-76

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2016.60176

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The copulative word “Kâna” has been used 1450 times in the Holy Quran with its derivatives in different structures. The translators of the Holy Quran, therefore, must ... Read More

A postcolonial Study about “Season of Migration to the North” by Tayyeb Salih

Kamal Baghjeri; Shahryar Niazi

Volume 7, Issue 1 , September 2015, , Pages 61-86

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2015.56644

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This article is a Postcolonial study about season of Migration to the North a novel written by Tayyeb Salih (the renowned Sudanese writer). The novel, season of migration to the north, ... Read More

Rhetorical Mysteries of Interrogation in the Noble Quran

Hassan Rezaee Haftador; Roohollah Shaheedee; Sayyedeh Razeeyeh Tawassol; Zeynab Roostayee

Volume 7, Issue 2 , July 2016, , Pages 61-80

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2016.58082

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Rhetoric – which means correspondence of discourse to the conditions of the audience – has always been considered as the manifestation of the Quran’s inimitability ... Read More

Meaningful Use of the View in the Cinematic Compositions of the Novel “I Lead You to My Other” by Aicha Arnaout

Mahin Hajizadeh; Abdolahad Gheibi; Amir Farhangdust

Volume 15, Issue 1 , March 2023, , Pages 61-84

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2022.339781.612519

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From the period when cinematic screenplays took on a dramatic course, fiction and literature greatly influenced screenplays, but from the 1980s onwards, cinema influenced fiction and ... Read More

“Impact of Mongol Invasion on Arabic versification in Iran”

Hojjat Rasooli

Volume 3, Issue 2 , November 2011, , Pages 63-82

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In the earliest centuries of Islamic period, Arabic language was spread in Iran by accelerated rate and over time it has been converted into Iranian political, scientific, and literary ... Read More

A Study on “Hadaegho-Sehr fi Daghaegho-Sher” of Rashidod-Din Vatvatt

Maryam Delavar

Volume 4, Issue 3 , October 2012, , Pages 63-94

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2012.30320

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The present article is intended to recognize the insight value of (Hadaegh Al-sehr fi Daghaegh Al-sher) written by Allama Rashid-e-din Vatvatt,in addition to acknowledging his inovative ... Read More

The Challenge of the Inefficiency of Traditional Islamic Rhetoric from the Perspective of Modern Arabic Rhetoric

Muosa Khezriazar; Eisa Mottaghizadeh; Faramarz Mirzaei; Khalil Parvini

Volume 14, Issue 2 , September 2022, , Pages 63-84

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2021.319888.612392

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In the contemporary era, many efforts have been made to update the knowledge of rhetoric. Therefore, the two terms "modern rhetoric" and "rhetoric modernization" are two of the most ... Read More In the contemporary era, many efforts have been made to update the knowledge of rhetoric. Therefore, the two terms "modern rhetoric" and "rhetoric modernization" are two of the most comprehensive terms among contemporary Arab scholars, which have occupied a significant part of contemporary rhetorical discourse from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Rhetoric modernization refers to a series of efforts that re-examine some or all of the issues of traditional rhetoric and make suggestions for its improvement. For the first time, Sheikh Muhammad Abduh from Al-Azhar called for updating the sources of rhetoric, and al-Jabr al-Zumt in his writings called for rhetoric modernization. The discourse of rhetoric modernization has always been challenged by the discourse of traditional rhetoric, and the beginning of rhetoric modernization has been accompanied by a critique of theoretical foundations, methodological issues, and the analytical approach of traditional rhetoric. From the beginning of the call to modernize rhetoric to the present day, criticism of traditional rhetoric has increased; therefore, reading the works done in the field of modern rhetoric, we encounter a significant amount of criticism that requires independent scientific research to provide a basis for avoiding excesses in judging and evaluating the rhetorical achievements of predecessors. This research has tried to examine and critique the criticisms of traditional rhetoric through a descriptive-analytical method and has achieved the following results by examining and criticizing the critical views of rhetoric modernization experts: The greatest criticism of contemporary scholars is the influence of rhetoric on Greek philosophical thought and the evaluation of texts. In a sense, their most important weaknesses are summarized in the incorrect comparison of traditional Islamic rhetoric with traditional Greek rhetoric, which have different socio-historical contexts, as well as incorrect comparison of rhetoric with contemporary critical schools that have different approaches and practical functions.

Aesthetics of Ironies in Arabic and Persian languages

Mohammad Reza Azizi

Volume 4, Issue 1 , June 2012, , Pages 65-92

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2012.29684

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The irony is a flexible Structure in Arabic and Persian languages in which speaker can state his concerns ambiguously and addressee comprehend the favorite meaning of the irony ... Read More

Analysis of Hidden Meanings in the Curses of Nahj al-Balagha from the Perspective of Pragmatics (with a Focus on the Translation of Musavi Garmaroudi)

aliasghar shahbazi

Volume 16, Issue 2 , May 2024, , Pages 65-90

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2023.358284.612673

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The reflection of the social culture of Arab life can be seen in many parts of the text of Nahj al-Balagha. Propositions of execration and cursing are one of the expressive linguistic ... Read More The reflection of the social culture of Arab life can be seen in many parts of the text of Nahj al-Balagha. Propositions of execration and cursing are one of the expressive linguistic elements of the culture of those times, which are important from different linguistic, psychological, and social dimensions. The use of these propositions by Imam Ali (PBUH) is sometimes strange and unfamiliar to the audience who is unfamiliar with the context of the speech, and transferring it to another culture from the context of translation seems to be an outstanding challenge due to the hidden aspects of meaning and cultural differences. These utterances, like many independent compounds such as proverbs, are connected to other parts of the text in terms of meaning and indicate a part of the social structure of Imam Ali's era. In the current research, relying on the descriptive-analytical method, based on pragmatics and situational context, an attempt is made to evaluate the implicit meanings of some of these meanings in Garmaroodi's translation of Nahj al-Balagha. Examining the situational and textual context of the use of speech acts of reproach and cursing in Nahj al-Balagha indicates the drawing of motives such as warning and neglect, disillusioning, humiliation, reprimand, surprise, and persuasion, along with due evaluation of the audience as well. The audience of these propositions were sometimes the relatives, friends, and people of the cities under the Imam's rule, and sometimes they were his enemies, which the Imam often used when complaining about and reproaching them. In the margin of his translation, Garmaroodi has pointed out the aspects of their meanings along with the semantics of a number of these expressions and has tried to create a correct concept of these types of expressions as infused within translation, by considering the secondary meanings of these expressions, such as contempt, expressing surprise, warning and reprimand, etc., and has put forth the interpretations within the translation

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

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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.

Finding Causes of Connotation in Sibawayh’s Kitāb

Mohammad Ibrahim Khalifeh Shoushtari; Hossein Pour-Maddah Ardakani

Volume 3, Issue 1 , August 2011, , Pages 69-84

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After finishing the collection of language elements which they wanted to restrict to the Arabian Peninsula, after organizing and categorizing them under deliberate subjects which include ... Read More

Defamiliarization and its Role in Compose Poem

Gholam Abbas Rezaee Haftador; Ebrahim Namdari; Ali Akbar Ahmadi

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2014, , Pages 69-88

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2014.50258

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Defamiliarization Means Egression of Acquaintance and Accustomed Egression that Followed the Reader or Listener the Surprise after Asks it. Thus Poet or Scholar with the Elimination ... Read More

Sociological Analysis of the Novel " Awlad Al-Ghetto- Esmi Adam " by Elias Khoury Based on Lucien Goldmann's Theory

zahra haghayeghi; Bahar seddighi; Ahmadreza Heidaryan shahri

Volume 16, Issue 1 , March 2024, , Pages 69-90

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2023.353050.612629

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Sociological criticism of the novel is one of the widely used types of literary criticism, which provides a sociological reading of the literary text based on the relationship between ... Read More Sociological criticism of the novel is one of the widely used types of literary criticism, which provides a sociological reading of the literary text based on the relationship between the social structure and the literary structure. In this method, the status of different classes of society, behaviors, and actions of different social structures in a certain period of history are analyzed, and how the artistic representation of the society in the imaginary world of the literary work is criticized and analyzed. Elias Khoury has created a literary work in the novel Awlad Al-Ghetto- Esmi Adam, Under the influence of the social structures in which he lived, which, while showing the attitude and challenges of immigrants in a country that accepts immigrants, has dealt with the issue of Palestine and resistance with a social realistic view. Considering the introduction of resistance literature and the issue of migration in this novel, it seems necessary to conduct sociological research to clarify the links between the literary text and society. The present research has investigated this novel using the descriptive-analytical method, based on Goldmann's constructivism theory. This essay aims to examine the historical, social, and political contexts with a critical attitude to explain the inner layers of the novel from the point of view of Goldman's sociological critique, which shows the approach of this research in two stages of understanding and explaining. The components of the novel Awlad Al-Ghetto have a systematic connection in three parts, the whole novel deals with the historical, social and political contexts and explains the reasons and conditions of the narrator's migration, In the stage of reception, by referring to historical facts in the form of thematic and symbolic sub-characters and focusing on the hero's place, he addressed the issue of Palestine and the world's silence against it, while the narrators (Elias Khoury, Adam Danun, Murad) as problematic heroes who criticize It has been marginalized from the society that lacks true values, they are trying to change the current level of awareness to the possible and at the level of explanation, the author has drawn the historical incidents of silence and presented meaningful structures by choosing the format of the displaced immigrant and with the aim of raising awareness and The ruling worldview is the result of the reflection of the Palestinian refugee class and the author's critical attitude towards the world's silence about this human tragedy

Phenomenology in Adonis's Poem "Al-mezana" Based on Husserl's Theory

Sayyed Reza Mirahmadi; aliakbar noresideh; Roghayeh Poorbairam

Volume 15, Issue 2 , May 2023, , Pages 69-86

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2022.347764.612583

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After passing through the stage of structuralism, semiotics laid the groundwork for issues such as body, perception, feeling, and presence, and gradually shifted to a phenomenological ... Read More

Depictions of Social Actors in Lutfia Al Dulaimi's Novel "Women of Saturn" through Theo van Leeuwen's Critical Discourse Approach

Sepideh Bagheri ozan; Ali Sayadani; Parviz Ahmadzadeh houch; Abdolahad Gheibi

Volume 16, Issue 4 , September 2024, , Pages 69-96

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2024.367098.612747

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Critical discourse analysis is an interdisciplinary method that seeks to uncover concealed power dynamics, dominance, social inequalities, and ideological processes through language ... Read More

Reflection of cultural poverty and traditional domination in Sādeq Hedāyat and Zakariā Tāmer’s works (By centrality of woman in the society)

Salāh Al-ddin Abdi; Maryam Morādi

Volume 4, Issue 4 , February 2013, , Pages 71-90

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2013.35134

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Short story is a specific form of narration which can play the role of society corrector in critical societies. Sādeq Hedāyat and Tāmer both show different aspects of their social ... Read More

The Image of Literary Pride by Ibn Nubata Al-Mesri

Hassan Sarbaz; So'da As'adi; Hesam al-Din Khakpoor

Volume 6, Issue 1 , November 2014, , Pages 71-88

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2014.52024

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Narcissism is one of the poetic techniques in which the poet boasts about and glorifies his/her own people’s merits and achievements. This style can be seen in most of Arab ... Read More

God’s attributes between reality and metaphor from verbal view interpretation

Wrya Hafidi

Volume 6, Issue 2 , July 2015, , Pages 71-88

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2015.54197

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The beginning of religion is cognition of Allah and He declares his attributes in the best form in Quran. The holy Quran also is accepted by all Muslims as the most significant of religious ... Read More

Role of Idea Ppsycologist of Disconnection and Rejection in Creating of Pproblems of the First Ccharacter of Barid Aal-Layl Novel

Tahere Jahantab; Ahmadreza Heidaryan; Bahar Seddighi; Hosein seyyedi

Volume 14, Issue 3 , October 2022, , Pages 71-88

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2022.329694.612442

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Brid al-Layl is the narration of exposing and undressing the intellectual rumination of characters whose unhealthy social and insanitary cultural conditions of their surroundings, ... Read More

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