scholarly journals The Idiomaticity of English and Arabic Multi-Word Verbs in Literary Works: A Semantic Contrastive Study

2022 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Literary Works ◽  
Contrastive Study

scholarly journals Hyperbole in English and Arabic Selected Poems: A Contrastive Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhurgham Majeed Abdzaid ◽  
Dhurgham Majeed Abdzaid
Keyword(s):  
Literary Works ◽  
Everyday Language ◽  
Contrastive Study ◽  
Speech Communities ◽  
The Way

Hyperbole is one of the most important figurative devices that are used in most languages, it can be found in literary works whether they are spoken or written. its main purpose is to exaggerate point of views, emotion, feelings, attitudes and thoughts by the author or even the speakers, since it can be found in everyday language of various speech communities. This study investigates hyperbole in order to figure out the way in which it is involved in poetry, also the study aims to show the definitions, uses, ways in which hyperbole is used as well as to search what are the purposes behind using this device. The study shows different views and strategies concerning hyperbole in English and Arabic, then it analyses the occurrences of hyperbole within the selected data which is four poems in two different languages, English and Arabic.

The Qur'an in the Novels of Naguib Mahfouz (in Arabic)

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 126-104
Author(s):  
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
Keyword(s):  
Creative Writing ◽  
Nobel Prize ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Ubiquitous Presence ◽  
Structural Aspects ◽  
Artistic Talent ◽  
Naguib Mahfouz

With a rich, productive career spanning over 60 years, culminating in the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988, Naguib Mahfouz's literary works have naturally attracted numerous studies and critiques. These studies have covered a great many aspects of Mahfouz's creative writing, but, perhaps because of the secular, modern education Mahfouz received (both at school and in the Department of Philosophy in Cairo University), and his personal lifestyle, they have concentrated on the socialist, materialist, and structural aspects of his work. Perhaps because of this, one important aspect of his writing has largely escaped attention: his artistic use of the language of the Qur'an. Mahfouz does not signal that a given phrase or reference is Qur'anic, leaving it to blend with the text, and making it easy to miss the fact that the Qur'an played any part in Mahfouz's use of language. However, to a reader who knows the Qur'an by heart the presence of Qur'anic language in his works is obvious, and equally obvious is Mahfouz's artistic talent in using it. Eventually, he himself announced at the end of his life that he had always had an intimate interest in the Qur'an, read it daily, and benefited from it. This article seeks to demonstrate the ubiquitous presence of Qur'anic language in Mahfouz's works, and the skill and subtlety with which he used it.

New Morning: Optimism and Resilience in Tony Richardson's A Taste of Honey and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 378-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Small Town ◽  
Distance Runner ◽  
New Wave ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Literary Works

Tony Richardson's major contribution to British and international cinema has been obscured by jejune prejudices over his small-town, north of England origins, his parallel career as a theatre director and his eclectic choice of film subjects. This article concentrates on his two most important contributions to the ‘British New Wave’ – A Taste of Honey and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner – in order to demonstrate Richardson's ability to recreate dramatic and literary works as dynamic and innovative films.

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