التَّجريب وتحرّر الكتابة في رواية "باب الشّمس" لإلياس خوري

Résumé

Elias Khoury’s works offer a distinctive experience in contemporary Arab novelistic creativity. They are characterized by innovation in narrative techniques and a diversity of expressive forms that refresh the paths of creativity and expand the horizons of reading. This research focuses on Khoury’s novel Bab al-Shams (The Gate of the Sun) and aims to clarify the defining features of his narrative style. The study examines elements such as the construction of the story, the narrator's position, the narrative vision, and the language of the text.

These aspects are explored through the relationship between history and the traditional plot, the liberation of the narrator’s knowledge from absolute certainty, and how the point of view shapes the storytelling process. Additionally, the research investigates how the writing frees itself from the constraints of memory and opens up to oral discourse. The research is grounded in narratological analysis, aiming to uncover the experimental aspects that define Elias Khoury’s writing. It also explores the artistic qualities that challenge traditional writing conventions, altering the reading contract and, in turn, transforming the reader’s reception of the literary text and their approach to deriving meaning from it.