Practice of naturalism in Naguib Mahfouz’s Midaq Alley

Wulandari, Betty Ayunda and Surur, Misbahus ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9370-5004 (2024) Practice of naturalism in Naguib Mahfouz’s Midaq Alley. Poetika: Jurnal Ilmu Sastra, Vol 12 (2). pp. 9-108. ISSN ISSN 2503-4642 (online) | 2338-5383 (print)

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Abstract

Naturalism novels portray the reality of life in a sharper and more decisive way than realism novels. Naturalism takes the place of building a narrative, like shooting a photographic reality by zooming in. Narrative naturalism normally provides a sharp depiction of reality without idealization. This study identified the description of reality through elements of naturalism in the novel Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz. This study deployed Emile Zola’s naturalism theory with a qualitative descriptive approach. The primary data source was the novel Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz, supported by secondary data from relevant books and journal articles. The data were in sentences or paragraphs collected by reading and note-taking techniques. The results of this study figured out the elements of naturalism in the novel Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz, including aspects of objectivity, setting, determinism, pessimism, and plot twists. The provisions for selecting these elements were based on findings practiced in writing the novel Midaq Alley. The novelty of this article lies in the discovery of elements of Emile Zola’s naturalism in the novel Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz and the evidence of a picture of the postwar situation of Egypt depicted in real, alive, but natural by the author.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	Egypt; Emile Zola; Midaq Alley; Naguib Mahfouz; Naturalism
Subjects:	20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2005 Literary Studies > 200527 Arabic Literature (al-Adab al-‘Arabī) 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2005 Literary Studies > 200527 Arabic Literature (al-Adab al-‘Arabī) > 20052706 Naqd al-Adab (Arabic Literary Criticism) - al-Natsr (Prose, Novel)
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities > Department of Arabic Language and Letters
Depositing User:	Misbahus Surur
Date Deposited:	29 Nov 2024 16:18

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