Comparing the narrative event between the two novels, “The Harafish” by Naguib Mahfouz   And “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel García Márquez

Aliwa, Gamalat  Abdel Wahab  Ali  Aliwa; إلياس, إيمان محمد; سليم, محمود سليم علي

doi:10.21608/qarts.2025.337608.2108

Comparing the narrative event between the two novels, “The Harafish” by Naguib Mahfouz And “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel García Márquez

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10.21608/qarts.2025.337608.2108

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The structure of the narrative event is considered one of the most important narrative techniques in the novel, although not the most important at all, because the event is one of the most comprehensive narrative elements that involves many relationships with character, time, and language.

Among the evidence that proves the validity of the above - that the event is in a close relationship with the other elements of the narrative - character, time, etc. - are the opinions and definitions of some critics of the concept of the event. One critic defines the event by saying: “The event and the action or incident that is shaped by the movement of the characters.” In the end, it presents a human experience with a certain significance....The writer conveys the events to us through the development of the novel’s characters. It is the character that determines the course of the novelistic event and reflects everything it suggests.”

There are other critics who believe that “everything in the story must be based on serving the event, and contribute to portraying and developing the event, so that it becomes like a living organism with an independent, recognizable personality. The descriptions in the story are not formulated merely for the sake of description, but rather because they help the event to be visualized. Because it's actually part of the event itself."

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