Semiotics of characters in the novel Female Mist

Abstract

The research attempts to reveal the semiotics of the characters in the novel Female Mist by the Iraqi novelist Ibrahim Suleiman Nader. The research will trace the movement of the characters and their position in the narrative, as it is one of the basic pillars in the structure of the novel work. Through it, Al-Zawi presents his perceptions, thoughts, and feelings, employing the suggestive and semantic contents that serve his work. He studied Critics issues related to character building in the fictional text, and they defined the concept of character as a semantic unit within the limits of its being a separate connotation. It is a sign of humanity and a living human being from reality, and a moral concept that is viewed as a semiotic concept, and it has a function in constructing the narrative work. This semantic function is given by life. So to speak, the character is embodied through his thoughts and actions that he performs, or the characteristics that characterize him in the network of his relationships with the rest of the characters within the framework of time and place. The wanderer assigns to him a set of interconnected functions through a set of words. The importance of the research comes from the fact that it is a study of the semiotics of fictional characters. It traces their movement in the narrative structure, and reveals the relationship of these characters to the title labeled “Female Fog,” which is a semiotic sign with multiple connotations within the narrative space and its structures. The research adopted the descriptive approach, accompanied by an approach Sensory-analytical semiotics of characters.