Stylistic Analysis of Narratology in Quoran (A comparative study of Taha soreh)

Abstract

The Holy Quran is a distinguished work with lots of artistic characteristics,

some of which are still not known to researchers and scholars. One of the

most important miraculous aspects of Quran is the narrative form, in a way

that is superior to even the contemporary narrative story telling techniques.

Therefore, investigating the narrative is such a significant task for the

researcher who would also take the responsibility of expressing the miraculous

narrative aspect of such a holy work. This aim will lead so many literary and

non- literary scholars to get to know this great source of knowledge.

Quite a few studies have been carried out regarding narration, such as

the Austrian Michael Scrim’s “A guide to stylistic investigations”. The present

study attempts to have a closer look at the story of Mosses narrated in Quran

on the basis of Scrim’s theories. He suggests the investigation of narrative

text to be carried out according to the base which he calls ‘category’, that

is through three issues, symmetry, task and amount, each of which has got

its own sub categories that would demonstrate some aesthetic aspects of the

story.

The other aim the present study tries to achieve is to investigate the

efficacy of the holy Quran in this regard, answering this question: Are the

story elements compatible with Scrim’s scheme, and how these points would

intensify readers understanding of the text? At the end, we have tried to

approach the narrative aspects from psychological point of view. The results

are: First of all various aspects mentioned in Scrim’s theory have helped

intensify the meaning and express the harmony of the signified. Symmetry

has caused the discovery of central action parts of the story and then

demonstration of the new artistic way of depicting the events. Task revealed

the triviality and difficulty of the problems their role in developing the story.

Then the amount, which is the same as stage props, in time and place shows

the era in which Moses lived.