ملامح الفكر الوجودي في رواية (أيوب)‎ للروائي هشام توفيق الركابي

الملخص EN

(iraq)Aim of the Research: the research deals with the existential aspects of Ayoub through analyzing the action and speech of its protagonist who leads an absurdist life and is deeply interested in sex matters.

He is ultimately interested in the individual's freedom to choose his own life-style.

Ayoub faced great resistance to his pursuit which the author was greatly interested in portraying in his novel which dealt with various human issues,Research Approach: The research uses the techniques of existentialism in search of aspects of this philosophy especially in relation to its protagonist.

The research focuses on the loss of the temporal line in the narrative and its connection to the protagonist.Results of the Research: Many aspects of existentialism are found in the novel in terms of speech, action, and characterization.

However, El-Rekabbi failed to break down the time line of the narrative to realize his existential ideology and communicate it to his readers