Journal of Literary Criticism

Journal of Literary Criticism

Sociological criticism of the novel Halimah by Mohammad Al-Arousi Al-Matowi based on Lucien Goldman's theory of developmental structuralism.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 P.hD Student, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
2 Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/jlc.2024.477083.1672
Abstract
Sociological criticism is one of the new approaches that have emerged in the field of literature and aims to examine the relationship between literary structure and society. Lucien Goldman based this theory on the interaction between the literary text and the social infrastructure governing the society. In the current research, an attempt has been made to analyze and critique the novel "Halima" by Mohammad Al-Arousi al-Matowi, a contemporary Tunisian writer, in a descriptive-analytical way with a sociological criticism approach and based on Goldman's (1913-1970) developmental constructivism theory. take In this context, an attempt was made to analyze this novel in two stages of reception and analysis in areas such as content, character and political-social contexts. Based on this, according to the mentioned theory, Halimah's novel was analyzed in two stages of reception and analysis. The non-transformation of the characters of the novel during the story, the transformation of the current consciousness of some characters into a possible consciousness, the adaptation of the social political background of the novel to the events of the independence period of Tunisia and the writing of the novel based on social realism are some of the most important results obtained from the present research. Based on this, we witness the reflection of the meaningful structures of the novel in the context of Tunisian society. In the end, this leads to the formation of the protest of the Tunisian people to the existing situation and the attempt for a revolution to change the situation,
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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 17 December 2024

  • Receive Date 06 September 2024
  • Revise Date 28 October 2024
  • Accept Date 16 November 2024