A study of Time of Narration in theHazrat MaryamStory in the Holy Quran based onGérard Genette'sTheory

Ahmadzadeh Houch, Parviz; Ahmadi, Gader

doi:10.22034/sshq.2025.473862.1486

A study of Time of Narration in theHazrat MaryamStory in the Holy Quran based onGérard Genette'sTheory

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Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Parviz Ahmadzadeh houch ¹

gader ahmadi ²

¹ Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University ,Tabriz, Iran.

² Ph.D student of Arab Language and Literature, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University

10.22034/sshq.2025.473862.1486

Abstract

Hazrat Maryam (PBUH)is one of the prominent characters mentioned in the Holy Quran. A chaste woman whose life story has explicitly cited in the Quran and is highly respected in the Quran and the Bible. In this paper, it has been triedto study the narrative course of Hazrat Maryam story in a descriptive-analytical method based on theGérard Genette narratology theory, a French structural critic, in order to explore the importance of time in this story. In Gérard Genette view, the technique of time is one of the most important categories in storytelling that expresses the movement process of the story. The results showed that most of the elements of Genette narrative perspective are presented in the story of Hazrat Maryam and also the high use of the element of analepsis due to the nature of the story and people question about her pregnancy have caused more negative acceleration in this story.

Keywords

Quran

Hazrat Maryam story

narration time speed

Gérard Genette theory

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