The aesthetics of storytelling in (Hawtif ALLAil) by Bushra Al-Bustani

The aesthetics of storytelling in (Hawtif ALLAil) by Bushra Al-Bustani

Section: Article
Issue
Vol. 6 No. 22 (2026): issue 22
Pages
538-523

Abstract

The Night caller's collection is one of the most important contemporary feminist narrative collections. In this collection, Ass. Prof. Dr. Bushra Al-Bustani addressed the tragic situation of Arab society in general and Iraqi society in particular in an influential narrative style that relied on short story techniques.


      The research attempted to reveal the aesthetics of the textual thresholds in this collection and their relationship with the original text. It also included a study of the aesthetics of irony as one of the most important techniques of the short story.  He studied the manifestations of identity because the poet, narrative critic, Bushra Al-Bustani is very proud of her belonging to the aesthetics of the Mosul and Iraqi places

Keywords:

The aesthetics of storytelling, Modern Literature Bushra Al-Bustani, Short Story, Mosul Literature

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Author

Ali Ghanem Abdulkarim

Nineveh breeding / Mosul - Iraq

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The aesthetics of storytelling in (Hawtif ALLAil) by Bushra Al-Bustani : The aesthetics of storytelling in (Hawtif ALLAil) by Bushra Al-Bustani . (2026). Journal of Education for the Humanities , 6(22), 538-523. https://jeh.uomosul.edu.iq/index.php/jeh/article/view/62292
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The aesthetics of storytelling in (Hawtif ALLAil) by Bushra Al-Bustani : The aesthetics of storytelling in (Hawtif ALLAil) by Bushra Al-Bustani . (2026). Journal of Education for the Humanities , 6(22), 538-523. https://jeh.uomosul.edu.iq/index.php/jeh/article/view/62292