Scholars have divided novels into various types based on different criteria including content, structure, place, etc. Some novels have been written with the key topic of oil and its relevant issues, thus having a special autonomy which bans them to be placed under the novel category. Therefore, a new name should be chosen for these novels, something which seems forgotten in novel categorization. Using the theroy of the novel and its defining principles, this research tries to introduce a novel type called “Petroleum Novel” to the readers after conducting an analysis of the novel Alhobo fi Zaman-e Naft by Nawal El Saadawi in Arabic. . The results suggest that the novels covering such elements as oil and its relevant outcomes should be placed under the title “Petroleum Novel”.
mohammadi, E., fareq, E., & haghdadi, A. (2012). Nawal El Saadawi & Genre of "Petroleum Novel". Research in Contemporary World Literature, 17(3), 21-35. doi: 10.22059/jor.2012.50892
MLA
ebrahim mohammadi; effat fareq; Abdolrahim haghdadi. "Nawal El Saadawi & Genre of "Petroleum Novel"", Research in Contemporary World Literature, 17, 3, 2012, 21-35. doi: 10.22059/jor.2012.50892
HARVARD
mohammadi, E., fareq, E., haghdadi, A. (2012). 'Nawal El Saadawi & Genre of "Petroleum Novel"', Research in Contemporary World Literature, 17(3), pp. 21-35. doi: 10.22059/jor.2012.50892
VANCOUVER
mohammadi, E., fareq, E., haghdadi, A. Nawal El Saadawi & Genre of "Petroleum Novel". Research in Contemporary World Literature, 2012; 17(3): 21-35. doi: 10.22059/jor.2012.50892
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