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Narratological techniques in the modern Gulf novel| A case study of the narrative works of Fawziyya Shuwaish al-S?lim

<p> Narratological Techniques in the Modern Gulf Novel: A case study of the narrative works of Fawziyya Shuwaish al-S&amacr;lim Narratology began to take shape as a discipline in 1966 when the French journal <i> Communications</i> printed a special issue titled "The structural analysis of narrative." The term narratology (&ldquo;narratologie&rdquo; in French) itself was coined three years later by one of the contributors to that issue, Tzvetan Todorov, in his subsequent structuralist manifesto, <i>Grammaire du D&eacute;cam&eacute;ron,</i> which was published in 1969. </p><p> In this dissertation, I attempt to analyze the narrative texts of the Kuwaiti author Fawziyya Shuwaish al-S&amacr;lim, which include five fiction novels and one biography-autobiography, by applying modern narratological techniques suggested by leading narratologists, mainly Mieke Bal. My aim is to provide a systematic and objective assessment of her narrative techniques and style in an attempt to gauge her contribution to the Gulf novel and, perhaps, the modern Arab novel as a whole based on her use of technical and thematic aspects.</p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:10111936
Date28 June 2016
CreatorsAlsaad, Anwar A. J. A.
PublisherIndiana University
Source SetsProQuest.com
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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