The Big Lair Tells the Truth: Exposing Taboos in Al-Gosaibi's the Amphibian Abu Shallakh
Journal Title: International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
In analogy to the Arabic saying: ‘take wisdom from the mouths of the insane’, one can say trace truth in the words of liars. This simple study aims at tracing truth in the discourse of the big lair i.e. Abu Shallakh who is the main character in the novel The Amphibian Abu Shallakh by the Saudi novelist and poet Ghazi Al-Gosaibi. It aims, also, at exploring some social issues for the purpose of giving an opportunity to confess some erroneous practices as a step expected to reach correcting them at the end. It hypothesized that some real denied social misdeeds explored smoothly and ironically, by the novelist, on the tongue of his main character Abu Shallakh in order to reach holding the society’s attention to such denied practices. The researcher translated and discussed some Arabic references together with some selected evidence from the novel to check the credibility of this hypothesis. After discussing some selected proofs from the novel from the prospect of the study, the paper concludes that Al- Gosaibi, who belongs to a conservative society, managed to explore many hidden truths and taboos, on the tongue of his lair character, Abu Shallakh in one hand meanwhile, implicitly, he submits a reformation invitation to his society in the other hand.
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FATIMA ALI AL-KHAMISI
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