Narrative Types in Our Arab Heritage

Narrative Types in Our Arab Heritage

Naser Jaber (Shabaneh)‎

shabaneh@hu.edu.jo

Received : 06-03-2006 , Accepted : 28-11-2006

Language: Arabic

Abstract

This research aims studying the real relationship between modern narrative structures, with all their forms, and Arab tradition; it also aims at following some of those forms and comparing them with some modern narrative arts, like: story, play and biography; the study tries to offer an objective scientific view, as far as possible, out from the many diverse view points, the ardour of some which to tradition and its narrative forms set them far away from truth, while others underestimated this tradition and considered it as no more than a chanting one with no room for narrative in it.

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