Researches of the Forum of the Short Story and the Very Short Story in Saudi Literature (Part 1).

Editing: Saleh bin Muayidh Al-Ghamdi and Hussein Al-Manasirah. Name of the book: Researches of the Forum of Short Story and Very Short Story in Saudi Literature (Part 1). Publisher: Saudi Literature Chair. Publishing house: King Saud University Publishing House. Publication date: 1435 AH / 2014 AD. Number of pages: Part 1: 480 pages. This book consists of two parts and includes the scientific research papers presented at the "Forum of Short Story and Very Short Story in Saudi Literature" on 6-7/6/1435 AH, corresponding to 6-7/4/2014 AD. In the first part, there are 18 research papers, and in the second part, 17 papers, revolving around the seven axes of the forum, which are: "Concept and History," "Relation to Other Literary Genres," "Aesthetic and Artistic Issues," "Content and Visions," "Applied Studies in Creative Experiences," "Publishing (Print and Electronic) and Its Challenges." On the other hand, it includes testimonials from six Saudi short story writers about their creative experiences in short stories and very short stories. The aim of the book is to enrich the critical movement about Saudi literature and to provoke questions and issues that could open promising research horizons for graduate students and researchers. The first part includes the following research: Amina Youssef: The Implicative Temporal Effects in the Structure of Very Short Stories in Saudi Arabia, Ibtisam Al-Sabahi: Poetic Images in the Short Story Between Vision and Formation: A Reading of "Red Spot" by Huda Al-Majil, Abu Al-Ma'ati Al-Ramadi: Features of Experimentation in Saudi Short Stories: A Study of Selected Models, Osama Al-Buheiri: Characteristics of Very Short Stories in Contemporary Saudi Literature: An Applied Study on the collection "Luqmah... and I Die" by Ali Hamoud Al-Majnouni, Asma Saleh Al-Zahrani: The Narrative Character and Perspective in Saudi Short Stories from a Semiotic Perspective, Amani Al-Ansari: The Aesthetic of Place in Saudi Short Stories: The collection "Wind and Bells" by storyteller Fahd Al-Khalawi as a model, Amani Al-Aql: Cognitive Components in the collection "There Is Nothing to Delight" by Abdul Khal, Amal Al-Tuimi: Psychological Condensation in Huda Al-Majil’s Narrative Language, Hussein Al-Manasirah: Symphonies of Mud, Pain, and Regret: The Semantic and Aesthetic Structure in the stories of Mohammed Ajeem, Hanan Al-Harithi: The Problem of Very Short Electronic (Digital) Stories and the Twitter Experience, Khaled Ahmed Al-Yousef: Very Short Stories in Saudi Arabia: A Bibliographic and Bibliometric Study, Al-Reem Al-Fawaz: Semiosis Paths in Very Short Stories ("Confessions That Went Astray") by Randa Al-Shikh as a model, Samiya Hamdi Sadiq: Manifestations of the Female Self in Saudi Short Stories, Sahar Hussein Sharif: Narrative Irony in the collection "(Those Details)" by Hassan Hujab Al-Hazimi, Saeed Al-Rifai: "Collection... Without a Title" by Jubeir Al-Malihani, Shadia Shakroush: The Interpretive Cognitive Discourse Approach: The collection "Imlaq" by Masad Al-Harithi as a model, Safa Badoud: The Duality of Voice and Silence: An Analytical Reading of Narrative Models, Abdel Haq Boulabid: The Feeling of Beginning in Saudi Short Stories ("The Poetics of the Textual Fatiha in 'There Is Nothing to Delight' by Abdul Khal").