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El espacio y su función en El Cairo, mi amor, de Rafael Pardo Moreno Space and its function in Cairo, my love, by Rafael Pardo Moreno

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Studies in World Literature

Abstract

This paper examines the role of narrative space in exploring the social and political situation in “Cairo is my Love" by the Spanish author Rafael Pardo Moreno. The novel tells of the several days stay of the hero in Cairo. It describes the places he visits or are introduced to. Accordingly, the reader is given a depiction of thee cultural, social and political status of Egypt in the final years of Mubarak's rule. The research gives an account of all the places of reference as depicted in the novel highlighting the significance of the author's description and the pragmatic role the names of these places play in cases where description is lacking. It has been concluded that narrative spaces in the novel is pivotal to character portrayal and in socially and politically green screening them. Narrative spaces also help pinpoint and delineate time and characters as strings of the main theme which is portraying the social and political status of Egypt at that time. Narrative space and description of places such as the airport and cafes draw an image of a common raveling atmosphere of oppression, dictatorship, turmoil and restlessness. These are evident features of places in the novel where the tourist goes and the waiter's and belly dancer's work. Describing places provides a keynote for the polarized, divergent and view-pointed dialogue between characters in the novel. Places as given and described in the novel are mostly public places catering for a general realistic overview untainted with exaggeration nor fantasia.

DOI

10.21608/tjhss.2022.267021

Keywords

Narrative space, Dialogue, Cairo, Rafael Padro Moreno, Egyptian society

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Deyab

MiddleName

Elsayed Mohamed

Affiliation

Spanish Department, Faculty of Al-Alsun, Minia University, Minia, Egypt

Email

mohamed.diab@mu.edu.eg

City

El Sheikh Zayed City

Orcid

0000-0002-8430-9640

Volume

3

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

37311

Issue Date

2022-10-01

Receive Date

2022-10-25

Publish Date

2022-10-01

Page Start

132

Page End

153

Print ISSN

2636-4239

Online ISSN

2636-4247

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https://tjhss.journals.ekb.eg/article_267021.html

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1,087

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Publication Title

Transcultural Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

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https://tjhss.journals.ekb.eg/

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El espacio y su función en El Cairo, mi amor, de Rafael Pardo Moreno Space and its function in Cairo, my love, by Rafael Pardo Moreno

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22 Jan 2023