The Comparative Reading of the Fantasy Factors in Arze Zikola novels by Amro Abdolhamid; and Shouman by Nazanin Judat

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Master student of Arabic language and literature, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran.

Abstract

Fantasy literature is a new genre in literature which comprises is the use of imagination power and creativity to escape from the world and its known boundaries and to break the laws of nature. In fantasy literature, all events are based on fantasy, and fantasy writers create a world of strange elements and events, extraordinary creatures and atmospheres, and unique rules. There are significant similarities in the use of fantasy elements in the novels of Zikola and Shouman. Therefore, the present study tries to explain the commonalities of fantasy components in these two works using the analytical-descriptive method. Some of the common fantasy themes in these two works are the similarity in the plot, the main character, the combination of real and imaginary characters, the use of similar functional actions such as spells, events, and assistance, and also common fantasy principles such as surprise and excitement, voluntary suspension of disbelief, metamorphosis, and the open-ending principle.

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Article Title [العربیة]

دراسة مقارنة لمکونات الفانتازیاء فی روایتی أرض زیکولا لعمرو عبدالحمید و شوومان لنازنین جودت

Abstract [العربیة]

الفانتازیاء هو نوع جدید من الأدب، وتتمثّل میزته الرئیسیة فی توظیف قوة الخیال و الإبداع للهروب من عالم الواقع و أطره المعروفة و کسر قواعده. فی هذا النوع من الأدب، کل الأحداث مبنیة على الخیال و الکتّاب یخلقون فیه عالماً مملوءا من عناصر و أحداث غریبة و مخلوقات و أجواء غیر مألوفة و قواعد فریدة. هناک العدید من الجوانب المشترکة فی استخدام العناصر الخیالیة فی روایتین شوومان للکاتبة الإیرانیة نازنین جودت و أرض زیکولا للکاتب المصری عمرو عبدالحمید و انطلاقا من هذا، یقوم البحث الحاضر بشرح القواسم المشترکة لمکونات الخیال فی الروایتین و عبر دراسة مقارنة. قد أولی الکاتبین فیهما بالمواضیع الخیالیة الشائعة، فمنها التشابه فی الحبکة و الشخصیة الرئیسیة و إبداع مزیج من الشخصیات الحقیقیة و الخیالیة و استخدام الإجراءات الوظیفیة الشائعة مثل الشعاویذ والحوادث والمساعدة و هناک أیضاً مبادئ الخیال المشترکة فی الروایتین نحو المفاجأة و الإثارة و التحویل و تعلیق عدم التصدیق، ثمّ کیفییة البدایة و النهایة المفتوحة فیهما.

Keywords [العربیة]

  • الفانتازیاء
  • الخیال
  • أرض زیکولا
  • شوومان
  • عمرو عبدالحمید
  • نازنین جودت

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