ARTISTIC SOLUTION OF THE THEME OF NATIONAL REVIVAL IN THE NOVEL OF TAUFIQ AL-KHAKIM “RETURN OF THE SPIRIT”

Abstract

The article deals with artistic embodiment of the theme of revival of national self-consciousness of the people, returning it to the spirit of unity in a novel “Return of the Spirit” by an Egyptian writer Taufik al-Hakim. The storylines of the narrative are conditioned by the love of all the characters of the novel for the beautiful girl Sannia. The acting characters are connected in one knot by moral and psychological collisions and a chain of historical events. Modernity with its contradictions, complex conflicts of interests of man and society reveals the true essence of the characters of the novel. The story of young people in love with Sannia can be interpreted as a story of the trials of the human soul (spirit). And at the same time, the forward movement that all the heroes of the novel carried out took place through the return of the spirit to the originals and primary sources. The circular structure used by the writer (the initial and final scenes framing the novel) serves as an allegory of the unity of the people (Fellahs) – the true bearers of the spirit of the nation.