Uncovering the secret of the problematic hero in the novel of "Zakira al-Jasd" Based on Lucien Goldman’s theory

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1 PhD graduate in Arabic Language and Literature, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

2 Associate Professor of the Department of Arabic language and literature of University Of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran

10.22080/ltcat.2026.25848.1000

Abstract

In the contemporary period, along with the socio-political events and cultural changes in the structure of Arab society, storytellers have also adopted a more intelligent and structured style in their writing in accordance with the conditions of society. One of them is Ahlam Mostaghanmi (1956), an Algerian writer who has been able to create a hero in the novel "Memory of the Body": "Memories of the Body" with a realistic style and in accordance with the real atmosphere of the Arab lands. This essay, with the aim of creating a revolutionary and problematic character, seeks to show a true picture of a pragmatic and protesting character. The relevance and importance of this research stems from the fact that the problematic hero in Ahlam Mostaghanmi's novel has not been examined as an independent research before. The necessity and importance of this research is that by discovering the problematic hero in the novel "The Memory of the Body", the connection and coherence of the constituent elements in the novel are revealed, and an important part of the political, social and economic structure of Algerian society at the time of Ahlam Mostaghanemi's dreams is also explained.

The present research aims to analyze the hero of the novel "The Memory of the Body" based on Lucien Goldman's theory and descriptive-analytical method based on Lucien Goldman's sociological approach. The results obtained indicate that the author, by using the main hero of the story to present a dynamic story that is appropriate to the social and political conditions of his time, tries to revive moral values ​​in order to achieve an ideal society, but with all his efforts to improve this society, he suffers an apparent failure and is rejected from society.

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