알라 알디브 소설의 공간 -『레몬 꽃』을 중심으로

Abstract

This study aims at examining the space and place in Egyptian writer Alaa al-Dib's fictional works, focusing particularly on Zahr al-Laymun(Lemon Blossom). Alaa al-Dib employed various kinds of space and place in an elaborate manner that attained aesthetic effects. The study classifies the space into three categories; geographical space, constructed building and spatial element. As a result the study shows that Alaa al-Dib allocated each space and place a distinctive feature, e.g. he attributed isolation and alienation to Suez city where the main character lived, while Cairo was depicted as a city of life and vitality. The study concludes, after analyzing the writer's strategies in narrating process, that he employed the space and places to perform various missions in the novel; as trigger to a series of reflection and retrospection, as device of economical narration, device of creating the fictional atmosphere, device to embody the characters, and as vehicle of simile, metaphor and metonymy.