Narrative Voice in Ali Badr's Novel Baba Sartre

Abstract

Narrative voice is one of the basic elements in constructing literary texts in general and the structure of narrative discourse in particular, and directing reception in an understandable way. It is the link that conveys events and determines the relationship of the narrator with the narrated and the narrated to, which is reflected in the nature of the story and its interaction with the reader, as the narrative voice is not limited to conveying events only, but rather goes beyond that to be the tool used by the narrator to express his own vision of the world and his interaction with events and characters. The novel (Baba Sartre) by the Iraqi writer and novelist Ali Badr is a prominent example of the distinctive use of narrative voice, as voice is used as a pivotal element in constructing the text, which allows the reader to understand the complex interaction between the narrator and the characters. In this research, we discuss the narrative element in the novel, reviewing different aspects of the relationship between the narrator and the narrated to, and presenting limited applied models to reveal the mechanisms of narrative voice in the text.