📄 Abstract
Naguîb Ma?fo?z was one of the most influential Arabic novel writers of second half of the twentieth century. In the 1950s and 60s he brought vitality in Arabic novel writing and became the first novelist in Arabic literature who won the Nobel Prize in 1988. His novels can be categorized into three types: historical novels, social realistic novels, and post realistic novels. The Novel Al-Li?? wal Kil?b (The Thief and the Dogs) is an example of post realistic novel. In this short essay I would like to trace the conflicting interests, between the hero of this novel and the ethos of a corrupt society, which resulted in his complete failure to escape from despair and helplessness. In the process some of the techniques of the novel as applied by the novelist, which were considered rather an innovative approach reflected after some fifty years since the publication of Muhammad Husain Haykals famous novel Zainab (1914).
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📚 How to Cite:
Dr. Farid Uddin Ahmed, Dr. Raysul Hoque , THE STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE ARABIC NOVEL Al-Liss wa al-Kilab (The Thief and the Dogs) BY NAGUIB MAHFOUZ , Volume 12 , Issue 5, May 2026, EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR) ,