New trends in the development of modern Saudi woman fiction
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Saudi women Novel has gone through distinctive literary trends until it reaches its present form. Fictions have experienced variety of topics from the past through the present to the future. The present study aims to investigate the new trends in the development in Modern Saudi Woman fiction by presenting models of Saudi women's writing within the horizon of the vision of 2030. The study follows the qualitative descriptive interpretive method to explore the trends of women's literature in the contemporary Saudi fiction. The historical approach is used to reveal the development in the narrative discourse of Saudi women. The content analysis method is used for textual analysis for sample novels in accordance to the study hypotheses. In order to trace the new trends in the women's fiction, the study analyses narrative styles, language, and themes in selected works of five contemporary Saudi women authors; Raja Alem, Raja Al-Sanea, Amal Alfaran, Omaima al-Khamis and Najwa Alotaibi. These women writers are distinguished by their narrative styles, language, and themes. The study hypothesized that the Saudi female fiction addresses radical changes in the Saudi personality under the influence of globalization and the 2030 Kingdom's vision. Saudi Women writers expand their personality's horizons and keep pace with globalization and modernism in a manner that preserves the authenticity of their belonging.. The study concludes that the 2030 Vision has encouraged the Saudi female fictionists to reimage themselves as active participants in the society. Saudi women writers address the human relationships, emotion, conscious, and modern life and reveal their other sides as nation builders in addition to their traditional roles. The study has also found that the levels of Saudi female's fictional discourse have raised significantly in terms of quantity and quality. The study recommends conducting studies on individual female writers to explore more on the hidden sides of Saudi female fictionist.
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