A Goldmannian Structural Study of Al-Hayy al-LatiniNovel

Subject Areas : Contemporary Literature Studies

Hamed Sedghi ¹ , Abdollah Hoseini ² , Ansar SalimiNezhad ³

1 - عضو هیئة التدریس فی قسم اللغة العربیة و آدابها، بجامعة الخوارزمی(أستاذ).
2 - عضو هیئة التدریس فی اللغة العربیة و آدابها، بجامعة الخوارزمی(أستاذ مساعد).
3 - ماجستیر فی اللغة العربیة و آدابها، بجامعة الخوارزمی

Received: 2014-03-22 Accepted : 2014-03-22 Published : 2012-09-01

Keywords: الأدب المقارن, المدینة الباریسیة, الحی اللاتینی, العوالم الخارجیة, النقد البنیوی, لوسیان غولدمان, Paris, Latino Neighborhood, External worlds, Structural criticism, Lucien Goldmann. ,

Abstract :

The present article studies the different aspects of Paris in the Lebanese novel in general and in Suhayl Idris’s Al-Hayy al-Latini in particular as a sample. This study examines the protagonist and al-Idrisi’s views of Paris as a beautiful western city and as one of the symbols of civilization and culture in modern Arabic literature. Whether the world is considered to be a psychological model or the symbol of a collective wholeor even a behavioralexample, all these concepts rely in their different forms on the necessity of analyzing man’s behavior and outcome based on a holistic view.This article attempts to apply the Romanian Lucien Goldmann’s views of external and foreign worlds to Suhail Idris’s views in Al-Hayy al-Latini. In sum, it could be concluded that Idris in this novel belongs to progressive socialism and reflects rebellion and insurgence through the protagonist all through the novel.