Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Student
2 associate professor
Abstract
Sociological criticism of the novel is a method of literary criticism that deals with the mutual influence of literary texts and society. Goldman's formative structuralism criticism is one of the types of sociological criticism in which it examines the relationship between literary structure and the structure of society. Goldman, relying on the topics of this theory such as totality, worldview, possible consciousness, and objectification, explores the society created in the work and examines its similarity to real society. The novel "The Republic of As It Is" is one of the novels of the Egyptian writer Alaa Aswani, which is a reflection of the society and events of the 2011 revolution in Egypt. This study has examined the novel "The Republic of Kan" in a descriptive-analytical manner and according to Goldman's theory of formative structuralism. By analyzing the novel in two parts: perception and explanation, examining the characters, meaningful structures, their awareness, and the political and social contexts in these two parts, it seeks to answer the following questions: Can it be said that the writing of this novel has the foundations of Goldman's theory of formative structuralism? Is its writing influenced by the conditions of society? How have meaningful structures manifested themselves in the context of society? The results obtained indicate Aswani's ability to portray the conditions and circumstances of Egyptian society and the obstacles to its change for the better, and to provide the reader with social and individual awareness of the conditions, time, and place in the form of meaningful structures and characters.
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