Morphology of the short story Yad fi al-Qabar by Ghassan Kanfani based on the theory of Vladimir Propp

Subject Areas : journal of literary criticism and stylistics research

Ezzat Mollaebrahimi ¹ , Parastoo Bahmani Alvares ²

1 - Professor of the Department of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Tehran (corresponding author)
2 - Master's student of Tehran University

Received: 2024-02-10 Accepted : 2024-02-10 Published : 2024-01-21

Keywords: Short story, structural criticism, prop morphology, Konfani, Yad fi al-Qabar,

Abstract :

The story can play an influential role in conveying various political, social, cultural, economic concepts. Contemplation in stories and accuracy in the sequence of events in it helps the audience to better understand its concepts. Examining the narrative structure of the short story will reveal the hidden relationships in its infrastructure and reveal the structure and form of the story better. One of the prominent methods of examining fictional texts is the analysis of the structure of stories from the morphological point of view of Vladimir Propp - a famous Russian anthropologist and linguist. Although Propp has defined certain functions for fairy tales, this model can be adapted to other types of stories. What, Propp's systematic mind was constantly seeking to structure the stories and put them in a certain framework. The current research aims to evaluate and analyze and explain the short story.