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- Abbreviated Title: Int. J. Lang. Lit. Linguist.
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- DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL
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IJLLL 2025 Vol.11(1): 16-19
DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL.2025.11.1.566
DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL.2025.11.1.566
Gothic and Magical Realism Presence in Ahmad Al-Khamisi’s Short Story, “Little White Ducks”
Huwaida Issa
Independent Researcher
Email: sarmadah112023@gmail.com (H.I.)
Email: sarmadah112023@gmail.com (H.I.)
Manuscript received December 26, 2024; revised January 7, 2025; accepted January 18, 2024; published January 22, 2025.
Abstract—The researcher will try to shed a light on how this Egyptian writer, in his short story, “Little White Ducks,” uses the gothic devices—setting/environment, horror, terror, the grotesque and black humour. It also shows the raison d’être or the motifs for using such devices. This paper also shows the techniques the narrator has used to highlight the presence of magical realism. This is through the writer’s employment of two prominent tools of magical realism—extended metaphor and metamorphosis. The justification for employing such devices is in an attempt to criticise the atrocities of war and its devastating effects on the innocent; together with its negative influence on the people’s social life, and the protagonist’s is a microcosm in such a case.
Keywords—grotesque, death, fear, horror, coffins, terrifying, bombardment, little white ducks
Cite: Huwaida Issa, "Gothic and Magical Realism Presence in Ahmad Al-Khamisi’s Short Story, “Little White Ducks”," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 16-19, 2025.
Keywords—grotesque, death, fear, horror, coffins, terrifying, bombardment, little white ducks
Cite: Huwaida Issa, "Gothic and Magical Realism Presence in Ahmad Al-Khamisi’s Short Story, “Little White Ducks”," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 16-19, 2025.
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