دلالات المكان في رواية "سجن السجن" لعصمت منصور

Abstract EN

This study is about the aesthetics of the prison cell in Esmat Mansour’s novel Sajun as-Sijn (Imprisonment of the Prison).

It deals with a place of a special type, the cell, in a novel whose writer had experienced special circumstances when he created it.

It is noticeable that the space of the cell has a remarkable, powerful and profound manifestation in the novel.

It is also clear that the presence of the cell is not only limited to its being a venue for the events of the novel, but it also seems to be aesthetically and semantically interacting with other elements of the novel such as time, characters, and actions.

The space of the cell also influences the language of the novel.

It is also obvious that the cell as a place is not addressed in terms of artistic composition but rather in terms of semantic aspects.

Therefore, the study investigates the role of the cell as a place leading to the delivery of a profound intellectual vision which the writer seeks to relay to the reader.

Finally, the cell in Sajun as-Sijn is employed to serve two functions at the same time: an aesthetic one and an intellectual one.