أسطرة التاريخ في "نزيف الحجر" لإبراهيم الكوني

Abstract

The novelist Ibrāhīm al-Kūnī focuses on Arab heritage, especially the legendary one, opening up to mythical imaginary worlds. The Legend of History is a symbolic title that refers to several edge connotations. Therefore, I decided to work on this topic to highlight the relationship between Arabic novels and history, in the first degree, and with myth, in the second degree.

Mythical history can be looked at within the novel form, as it establishes a multi-faceted discursive narrative and raises several issues related to human existence. Hence, what is the relationship between the legend (myth) and history? And when can we talk about a novel with a historical and mythical orientation?

The relationship between mythological history and the Arabic novel carries previous references that fall within a cultural and historical context. The title ‘Mythical history’ means the framed history that has a relationship with mythology (myth). What are the most important manifestations of the legend of history in this novel? And how does it combine history with myth in a modern fictional discourse?