مصطلح "العجائبية" : دراسة في المفهوم

الملخص EN

is one of the words spread in the Arabic Literature criticism research in recent times, hence there is a myriad of definitions of this term.

Accordingly, the current investigation attempts to determine the concept “The Fantastic” literature criticism convention.

Owing to reach the most accurate, comprehensive, clear and applicable definition to all kinds of fantastic literary texts, the researcher described, analyzed and refined the previous definitions of this term.

The conclusion displayed that though the concept of Fantastic, defined by Todorov Tzvetan, which is the most widely used term in the Arab scientific research community, had received many criticisms due to some deficiencies.

Consequently, it was vitally imperative to find an alternative concept to the term Fantastic which was mentioned, explained, and protested at the end of this investigation.