ظلال الاستفهام في قصص نورة فرج

Abstract EN

The shades of the question in the stories of Norah FarajThis research detects the multiple rhetorical meanings of the question, which differ from "seeking understanding" the standard meaning of the question.

This research takes The Qatari novelist Norah Faraj's two collections of stories; who used the functions of Question as an effective way to create excitement and thrill in her stories.

The research concentrates on the main element in which the question functions have been used, such as the characters, the receiver, and the style.

And through the research, we recognized that the variety of situations in addition to the links surrounding these situations, is followed by variety in meanings understood from the question, and that causes multiple meanings which can be countless.

That is not related to the question word itself; so we find different meanings that are not in grammar or rhetoric old books.

From these meanings, which this research has clarified: doubt, sigh, aching, propagation, blackmail, hesitation, provocation and endearment, in addition to wonder, determination and denial.

And by research, it was clear that the question has been the main theme of Faraj's works, as she used the question to make characters more deep and unique, and The question has linked the receiver to the story and made him a partner in the action, through referral, excitement, and thrill.

The research also makes clear the effect of question on the style which made links between the thresholds and the endings, in which it has given the story coherence and has attracted the receiver to follow the events with so much thrill.

Norah Faraj proved that she is skillful to use the question functions.