Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the semiotics of the cover, title, characters and the settings of Faces in Hot Water (1996) by the Palestinian writer Abdallah Tayeh. The study shows how important is semiotics in aesthetically and cognitively shaping the novel. The study adopts a qualitative research method by applying semiotic analysis to create a new understanding of the literary text and its interpretations. Built on semiotic analysis, the writer embodies the prevailing norms, traditions and culture of the Palestinian society. The writer also reveals semantic signs that are not visible. He in fact captured the implied meaning behind the semiotic text. The research shows that Tayeh uses many semiotic signs to refer to the various concepts of issues related to the Palestinian culture, society and beliefs.
Highlights
1 Abdullah Tayeh published Faces in Hot Water in its first edition by the Palestinian Writers Union in 1996
The aim of this study is to investigate the semiotics of the cover, title, characters and the settings of Faces in Hot Water (1996) by the Palestinian writer Abdallah Tayeh
The Title in Arabic Literature: Concept’s Genesis and Development
Summary
1 Abdullah Tayeh published Faces in Hot Water in its first edition by the Palestinian Writers Union in 1996. This novel chronicles the period leading up to the Palestinian Intifada (uprising). The novel is divided into fourteen paragraphs arranged in a sequential/chronological order to address the vast range of Palestinian social and political issues. It deals with the issue of Palestinian workers working inside the territories of occupied Palestine in 1948. Throughout the novel, the author further refers to many issues, including the nature and structure of the “other” Jewish personality characterized with racism and the dimension and depth of the chasm between the Eastern and the Western Jews as shown in the attitudes of the two characters, Ezra and Shmueli
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