The symbol of water in the novel “Taghribat Al-Qafir” by Zahran Al Qasimi, a semiotic study
Abstract
This study attempts to identify the symbol of water in the novel Taghribat Al-Qafir by the Omani writer Zahrani Al Qasimi, whose novel embodied his ability to open new horizons for the fictional text, in which the vocabulary of nature glows, specifically (water); to produce new connotations with a clear intellectual dimension, and a mature artistic formation in which images are generated, with multiple connotations. Water appeared in the novel as a constructive component characterized by its semantic and cognitive richness. From its ideas emerge, meanings expand, and the writer expresses through it his experience with renewed visions.The study seeks, through the semiotic approach, to answer a set of questions, most notably: How was the symbol of water manifested in the novel? What are its implications? What is its relationship to the elements of the narrative (place and time)?In the conclusion, I concluded that the writer's reliance on the word (water) with its various symbols in building the novel highlighted the effectiveness of this word, and its role in assimilating the creative self, as well as its ability to reduce the scene of life with all its contradictions.