English Abstract
Summary:
This research deals with the study of place in four novels by the novelist Abdullah Khalifa, which are: "Ode to the Sea - Diamonds and Ebony the Price of the Soul Ibn Al-Sayyid" by following the analytical approach. The research contains:
First: The oretical introduction: It studies the concepts and terminology of place in language, philosophy, and narrative, in addition to the importance of place and types of places. It also deals with the biography of the novelist Abdullah Khalifa and a summary of the novels chosen for study.
Second: The first chapter contains types of places in Abdullah Khalifa's novels, and the most important of these places are: residential places, natural places, places of paths, nests, workplaces, mosques, places of learning, hospitals, prisons, courts, places of eating and drinking, places of transportation, Cemeteries.
Third: The second chapter deals with description as a mechanism for highlighting
place in the novel, and because of its importance in shaping places. In this chapter, the study dealt with the definition of description and its function in determining the novel genre, and the relationship between description and place. It also dealt with the types of description of places and the description of the imagined and dreamed place. And the merging of the senses in describing places. Then, he discusses the various methods of description, such as description with words or actions, description with vision, or indirect description.
Examples of indirect description include description with a dream, description
