What is not said by my helmetAnalytic Study of Description in Faris Saadaldeen Narratives

Abstract

Narrative description constructs a new world based on literary language rules and not symmetry rules. Description is a process of moving reality to the receiver mind from a material image to a literary one. This study examines description in Faris Saadaldeen through his narrative collection (what is not said by my helmet) as it is characterized by consistent artistic techniques and contained various descriptive passages and expressions describing characters, events, places and things. The study consists of an introduction and four sections. The introduction deals with the concept of description, its functions and relation with narration and brief review of the author life and his literary works are presented. Section one examines description restricted narration through descriptive narration and directive narration. Section two deals with free description through the description indicating an internal affection, description introducing the event and the description indicating the event. Sections three and four both deal with classified and expressive description through character, event, place and thing description. The study is based on an analytical study of the descriptive texts in Faris Saadaldeen narratives to reveal the aesthetic and artistic values and their significance.