Saudi Arabic Curriculum (الكفايات اللغوية) — Grade 10, Semester 1 — Page 172

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وَرُغْمَ ارْتِبَاطِ الْقِصَّةِ الْقَصِيرَةِ الْوَثِيقِ الصِّلَةِ بِفَنِّ الرِّوَايَةِ، مِنْ حَيْثُ اشْتِرَاكِهِمَا فِي مَجْمُوعَةٍ مِنَ التِّقْنِيَاتِ – فَإِنَّهَا فِي فَتْرَةٍ مُتَأَخِّرَةٍ أَصْبَحَتْ تَقْتَرِبُ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ، وَأَصْبَحَ هُنَاكَ سُؤَالٌ مَطْرُوحٌ يَتَمَثَّلُ فِي (هَلِ الْقِصَّةُ الْقَصِيرَةُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى الشِّعْرِ أَمْ إِلَى الرِّوَايَةِ؟

Although the short story is closely linked to the novel through shared techniques, it has recently begun to lean toward poetry, raising the question: is the short story closer to poetry or to the novel?

وَهَذَا السُّؤَالُ لَمْ يُطْرَحْ مِنْ قِبَلِ النُّقَّادِ بَدْءًا، بَلْ إِنَّهُ جَاءَ نَتِيجَةً لِنِتَاجِ الْمُبْدِعِينَ الَّذِينَ أَرْغَمُوا النُّقَّادَ عَلَى تَحْوِيلِ أَنْظَارِهِمْ، مِنْ ارْتِبَاطِ الْقِصَّةِ بِالرِّوَايَةِ، إِلَى ارْتِبَاطِهَا بِالشِّعْرِ، الْأَمْرِ الَّذِي يَجْعَلُ النَّاقِدَ يَرَى أَنَّ مُعْظَمَ كُتَّابِ الْقِصَّةِ الْقَصِيرَةِ الْمُحْدَثِينَ يَتَّفِقُونَ عَلَى أَنَّ الْقِصَّةَ الْقَصِيرَةَ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى الشِّعْرِ مِنْهَا إِلَى الرِّوَايَةِ.

Critics did not pose this question initially; it arose from the work of writers who compelled critics to shift their focus from the story's link to the novel toward its link to poetry. This has led many critics to observe that most modern short story writers now agree the genre is closer to poetry than to the novel.

وَعَلَى الْمُسْتَوَى الْمَحَلِّيِّ طُرِحَ هَذَا السُّؤَالُ فِي مَرْحَلَةٍ تَارِيخِيَّةٍ تَتَمَثَّلُ فِي نِهَايَةِ السَّبْعِينِيَّاتِ وَبِدَايَةِ الثَّمَانِينِيَّاتِ حِينَ صَدَرَ عَدَدٌ مِنَ الْمَجْمُوعَاتِ الْقَصَصِيَّةِ الَّتِي لَا تُمَثِّلُ امْتِدَادًا لِلْقِصَّةِ الْقَصِيرَةِ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَإِنَّمَا تُمَثِّلُ تَوَجُّهًا جَدِيدًا فِي كِتَابَةِ الْقِصَّةِ، يَنْحُو مَنْحَى الشِّعْرِ مِنْ حَيْثُ اللُّغَةِ وَالْغُمُوضِ، إِضَافَةً إِلَى الْإِيقَاعَاتِ الشِّعْرِيَّةِ فِي بَعْضِ الْجُمَلِ.

Locally, this question emerged in the late seventies and early eighties, when several short story collections were published that did not extend the traditions of earlier stories. Instead, they represented a new direction in storytelling, one that adopted the language, ambiguity, and rhythmic qualities of poetry.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (18 verbs · 53 nouns)

• اِرْتَبَطَ — to be connected
• اِشْتَرَكَ — to participate
• أَصْبَحَ — to become
• رُغْم — despite
• ارْتِبَاط — connection
• قِصَّة — story