Document Type : Research paper
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1 ph.d. of arabic language and litrature. tabriz. iran
2 Ph.D. of Arabic language and literature, Tabrizn, Iran.
Abstract
The description has a significant position in narrative studies and is used for pausing and stopping the narration, reducing its speed, which sometimes results in the disturbed temporal rhythm of the novel. This element has been used for many functions, including aesthetical, passive-emotional, interpretive, and other functions in the novel “Hekayeh Bahhar” by Hanna Mina, the Syrian novelist. This study collects and describes different types of description functions through the descriptive method and investigates and analyzes the goals of these functions in the novel based on the analytical method. In these functions, the descriptive aspect dominates over the narrative aspect within various types of descriptions based on different phrases. The research result confirms that the semantic-interpretative function of description in this novel is used to illustrate the physical and mental traits of characters and examine the elements of place; moreover, aesthetical decorative function in it has been applied through romantic and decorative metaphors and analogies for describing the nature, coast, and sea. Moreover, the rhythmic function in this novel has been used to create anxiety and confusion, and its amphibological function is to persuade the reader of the realism of the events. All of the functions mentioned for description have been realized through investigation of the Syrian community, people and their problems, the lives of sailors, and entertaining readers through the text. The objective of description in this novel is to create and firm the interpretative-semantic frameworks in most cases.
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