العتبات في النص الروائي : دراسة سيميائية في الأنساق الثقافية

Abstract EN

In this research paper, we have tackled the concept of “para-texts” in literary texts, its semantic effectiveness and the cultural load that it adds to the original text.

this critical concept has received an abundant interest in the modern critical studies, either in the east or in the west, thanks to its crucial importance in setting a framework of approaching and analyzing texts in a scientific manner.

para-texts, then, underlie a bunch of writing skills as they foretell what meanings to encounter in texts ; though, they are constructed independently from the text.

The terminology mentioned in the theoretical part has been employed in the practical side ; particularly, the para-texts and all related concepts exactly like it was used in the western critical curricula specially semiotics.

Thus, we can say that : The concept “para-texts” has been a focal point in the western and Arab innovative works because of its significant effectiveness at the level of meaning and interpretation.

the western and Arab critical studies focused on this concept that it has become its backbone ; many critiques considered it a field of research and study and a target for their writings and works.