The case and the artistic construction in the novel "Al-Karnak" by Naguib Mahfouz

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faculty of arts - Beni Suef University

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Research problem:
What is the issue discussed by Naguib Mahfouz in his novel "Al-Karnak", and what are the characteristics of the artistic construction in this novel?.
research importance:
- The author of the novel, Naguib Mahfouz, is a great international writer, and the study of his works benefits all those interested in cultural affairs, especially researchers and workers in the literary field.
- Studying this novel gives us a picture of some features of Egyptian society and its relationship to the ruling authority in the period after the July 23 revolution.
research aims:
- Identify the issue that Naguib Mahfouz wanted to raise through his novel Karnak.
. Identifying the artistic structure of the Karnak novel -
Research type and method:
This research is a descriptive research in content analysis.
research community: Karnak
research results:
- Karnak's novel discusses the issue of governance in light of the repercussions of the July 23, 1952 revolution.
- Karnak's novel is a sad novel, but it is a testimony from Naguib Mahfouz on the period of the July 23 revolution, which is full of both positives and negatives, and it confirms Naguib Mahfouz's role as the conscience of modern Egypt.
- The idea of the main novel crystallizes that there is no way to progress except through democracy and away from dictatorship.
- Despite the torture of the ruling authority on Zainab, she did not lose her faith in the revolution, nor in the ruling regime at that period.

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