Literary Criticism
Razieh Nazari
Abstract
The time of narrative discourse is multidimensional and abnormal, creating scattered images to highlight the fictional concept. An idea refers to a dominant belief that results from repeating an image. The novel "Sleeping in the Cherry Field" by Iraqi writer Azhar Jerjis, nominated for the Arabic Booker ...
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The time of narrative discourse is multidimensional and abnormal, creating scattered images to highlight the fictional concept. An idea refers to a dominant belief that results from repeating an image. The novel "Sleeping in the Cherry Field" by Iraqi writer Azhar Jerjis, nominated for the Arabic Booker Prize in 2020, is an example of exile literary works. Its motif is the concept of the lack of individual identity in the shadow of homeland security, rooted in the idea of "desire for immortality". This current research is a qualitative and descriptive-analytical study based on library sources. It aims to discover the basis of the formation of the idea in "Sleeping in the Cherry Field", explain the relationship between time and personality traits, and determine the emotions emanating from the idea of immortality based on Gerard Genette's theory of narrative discourse in three themes: order, duration, and frequency. The application of this theory is necessary to prove the idea of narration as it highlights characteristics of the hero's character and emotions. The findings reveal that narrative structure as a labyrinth and fluid flow of mind create anachronisms in narrative discourse order. Its duration is based on dialogue, summarization, omission, and descriptive pause, while types of frequency including single, repeated, and repeating stories are used to highlight "desire for immortality". One result is a contrast between present and past as a basis for immortality. The protagonist's isolation in time creates emotions such as fear, hope, confusion, and disappointment.
AliAkbar Mollaie; Reza Mohammadi
Abstract
Lamiat Al-Arab is the famous ode that consists of 68 verses were related to Shanfara, Saalouk poet, in the pre-Islamic era. The present study based on a coherent or comprehensive analysis that explores all the elements and factors of ode technically, historically, and psychologically. This research ...
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Lamiat Al-Arab is the famous ode that consists of 68 verses were related to Shanfara, Saalouk poet, in the pre-Islamic era. The present study based on a coherent or comprehensive analysis that explores all the elements and factors of ode technically, historically, and psychologically. This research aims to analyze poetic interpretations, understand the poet's emotions, and discover the quality of the relationship between his mind and his language. Both psychologically and rhetorically, this research reveals the inconsistency between the poet's and his unconscious claims. In the discussion of fantasy, the poet's vehicles reflect his attention to society and social life, while the poet from the first verses claims to leave the tribe. The poet's tone also fluctuates between the lyric and addressing poem, and even the addressing aspect of it overcomes the harmonious and intrinsic factor. These contradictions are not the reason for the poet's audacity and the poet's untruthful feeling but refer to the gap between the confusing and contradictory lives of Shanfara and his ideals.