Symbolic portrayal of characters in al-Tayeb Salih's fiction

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

al-Nur, Raniya Ali Muhammad

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

Babikir, Yusuf Umar

الجامعة

جامعة أم درمان الإسلامية

الكلية

كلية الآداب

القسم الأكاديمي

قسم اللغة الانجليزية و آدابها

دولة الجامعة

السودان

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2007

الملخص الإنجليزي

This research aims at studying characters through symbolic images in Al-Tayeb Salih's fiction in an integrated manner.

The majority of those who wrote about Salih have concentrated on and studied his works as separate entities.

In their final judgement they were inclined to come up with positive or negative conclusions in an objective manner, and in doing this they were influenced by their own knowledge about Al-Tayeb Salih and the great impact to his international fame.

Therefore, this study depends mainly on the formalistic approach so as to avoid the impact of the writer's personality on his works. For the processing of the study five chapters are divided as follows : the first chapter is an introduction that explains the statement of the problem, its importance and its objectives.

Chapter two is the theoretical framework of the study.

It includes a brief account of novel, character, and symbol. Chapter three is the review of some related studies.

This chapter confirms the view that many of the studies have tackled, in most cases, 'Season of Migration to the North'.

In addition to this a comparative study, followed with comments. Chapter four is devoted to the presentation of the characters through the symbolic images with regard to : the Nile and date palm tree as characters, characters 'status (men and women), characters' names implications, religious characters, and at the end a comparison of all Salih's works is made. Chapter five is the concluding chapter.

It presents summary, main findings of the study, recommendations and suggestions for further studies.

Some of the findings obtained in this study include unity in Salih's fiction and that the stories seem to occur at one and the same place though inhabited by different people.

التخصصات الرئيسية

الآداب

الموضوعات

• السودان
• العالم العربي
• القصة

عدد الصفحات

69

قائمة المحتويات

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-363088