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Title حرفة سرد القصص في القصة القصيرة العربية في القرن العشرين: دراسة أزمة الهوية

Author(s) Sidra Younas

Abstract The Craft of Storytelling in the Arabic Short Story in the Twentieth Century: A Study of the Crisis of Identity Abstract This study explores the aesthetic dimensions and the crisis of identity in the Arabic short story through a comparative analysis of the works of Abdul Rahman Munif, Yusuf Idris, and Samira Azzam. The objective was to examine how twentieth-century Arabic short fiction evolved as a reflection of the Arab writer’s struggle to balance personal creativity with collective cultural and national identity. The method used for the research was qualitative and analytical, employing close reading and comparative evaluation of selected short stories to trace the artistic tendencies, psychological depth, and moral concerns embedded within their narratives. The findings revealed that Munif’s stories project a profound awareness of alienation, exile, and moral fragmentation under political and social pressures; Idris’s works, meanwhile, capture the everyday human experience through realism, irony, and social satire; whereas Azzam’s narratives articulate the emotional and ethical struggles of Arab womanhood, merging national consciousness with moral resilience. The research found that these writers, despite their differing contexts, collectively used the short story as a medium to express existential anxiety, ethical awakening, and the search for identity in the modern Arab world. The study concluded that the Arabic short story, as exemplified in their works, serves as a powerful artistic response to cultural dislocation and modernity’s moral challenges. It also recommends further comparative inquiry into Arab narrative aesthetics within global postcolonial frameworks to expand understanding of identity formation and creative expression in modern Arabic literature. Keywords: Arabic short story, aesthetics, identity crisis, Abdul Rahman Munif, Yusuf Idris, Samira Azzam.

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

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Language Arabic

Publication Date 2025-08-15

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