تشكلات البنية السردية في رواية (ليلة النار)‎ ليعقوب الشاروني

Abstract EN

This study is an attempt to reveal the formations of the narrative structure in the novel (Night of Fire) by Jacob Al-Sharouni, which was presented to young people, and its events are based on a real incident, which is the fire of Al Qal'a market in Manshiet Nasser to reveal a very important topic that is rarely raised in children’s literature, namely the marginalized social classes.

Hence, the study achieves one of the sustainable development goals in combating poverty, and represents a starting point for contemplating the crises of the poor, enhancing confidence in children's ideas and their participation in developing solutions and challenging difficulties.

The study dealt with the concept of narration, then turned to talk about the techniques of fictitious narrative in "Night of Fire", such as: the aesthetics of the narrative construction of time, considering that the novel is one of the literary arts that adheres to time, using the techniques of flashback and flashforward and their types (external and internal), and then the disclosure of narrative movement techniques in terms of narrative acceleration mechanisms, which were manifested in the techniques of (deletion and summarization), and narrative deceleration mechanism, which was manifested in the techniques of (scene and descriptive pause), then talking about the aesthetics of the narrative construction of the place, and the aesthetics of the narrative construction of the characters.

The study adopted the analytical method to find out the narrative construction techniques and the extent to which they were achieved in the novel.

Finally, the conclusion came highlight the effective impact of the various elements of narrative in showing the aesthetic value that distinguishes this work, and reveals the specialty of the auther's experience, and the indicative values in this work that can be identified through analysis.