Prominent Themes in Ibrāhīm ʽAbd al-Qādir al-Māzinī’s Novels Cover Image

İbrahîm Abdülkādir el-Mâzinî’nin Romanlarında Öne Çıkan Temalar
Prominent Themes in Ibrāhīm ʽAbd al-Qādir al-Māzinī’s Novels

Author(s): Adem Keser
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Other Language Literature
Published by: Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Arabic Literature; Modern Arabic Literature; Arabic Novel; Ibrāhīm ʽAbd al-Qādir al-Māzinī; Theme;

Summary/Abstract: The first examples of the novel genre in modern Arabic literature emerged with the innovation movements initiated in this country after Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. In terms of technique and fiction, the Arab novel's reaching the desired standards and the first novel examples in the literary sense were made possible by the contributions of many writers who came to the fore with their different identities from writing novels. One of these writers, better known as a critic, is Ibrāhīm ʽAbd al-Qādir al-Māzinī. Māzinī, who has written works in many fields of literature, is a master writer who has mostly written psychological novels. The aim of this study is to examine the themes that Māzinī, one of the important names of Arabic literature, included in his novels. In our study, Māzinī's novels Ibrāhīm al-Kātib, Ibrāhīm al-Thānī and Thalāthat Rigâl wa’mra’ah were examined and in these novels, mainly love, affection, pressure of tradition, despair, pessimism, disappointment, sadness, fear, delusion, jealousy and stinginess were examined. It has been determined that themes such as While many different themes were seen in the novels of many writers of his time, it is seen that the themes in Māzinī's novels are mostly psychological themes that reflect the inner world of man. In this respect, Māzinī differs from many other Arab novelists.

  • Issue Year: 9/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 295-323
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Turkish