The Meta-Narrative Work in the Tunisian Novel “Night Rituals, the First Generation” of Faraj El Hiwar-Case of Study

Abstract

The Tunisian novel has undergone، in the last millennium، some significant changes in the paradigm. These changes have touched its essential characteristics which have been considered as the most important modern standards of narration.

Amongst these changes: the manifestation the critical work inside the novel; i. e the métaroman.

      This paper aims at examining the concept of métaroman in the occidental and Arabic critics; so as to recognize its fundamentals and mechanism، which may answer the following question: what are the forms of métaroman in the novel “Night Rituals”? I have adopted a socio-textual method to study and analyze to reach the manifestations of métaroman، as well as to recognize the specificity of the use this technique in the work of “Faraj El Hiwar”.