بناء الزمن في رواية "الخروج من مرج ابن عامر" لزكي درويش

Abstract

This study examines the structure of time in Zaki Darwish’s novella "Exiting Marj bin Amer". The novel is examined through two lenses, chronological order and temporal rhythm, in an attempt to answer the question: Is the structure of time in the novella traditional or modern? By ‘traditional’, we mean that the actions and events in the story are ordered chronologically, as if they have happened in real life. 

The study argues that broken time structure in this novel underscores the protracted suffering of the Palestinian people as they refuse to be uprooted from their land.  More specifically, it shows that the writer uses a variety of devices -- descriptions and comments, flashbacks and monologues – that slow, halt and distort the progress of events to reflect the anguish of the Palestinians in their dogged rejection of their situation.