Structure of Character and Plot in MaisaloonHadi's Novel"Yawaqeet Al-Ardh/Rubies of Earth"
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In the novel Yawqit Al-Ard (2001) by Maysaloun Hadi, the character performs in the narrative plot to form a novelistic awareness that reflects the movement of society. Thus, the world in this text is composed of the active movement and structural integration of the character’s performance in the plot, which makes the novel a social and artistic document at the same time that reveals the secrets of society and its dynamism within it. This research is an attempt to clarify the network of relationships of the character in constructing the plot by analyzing it narratively according to the social perspective
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