CREATIVE WORLD OF MODERN EGYPTIAN WRITER SALWA BAKR

Abstract

The Arab world is diverse and colorful. Each Arab country has its own culture and literature. Modern Egyptian literature, especially novelism, shows its national characteristics with its effectiveness and the uniqueness of the authors' style.

In the second half of the XX th century, a variety of new aesthetic worldviews and artistic and aesthetic thinking occupied a special place in the development of Eastern literature. This, of course, led to a significant increase in the influence of Eastern literature on Western literature and, conversely, Western literature on Eastern literature. The method of realism, improved day by day, acquired its charm by joining with some other literary movements. By the 60s of the XX th century, a new trend, the New Wave, appeared in Egyptian literature. At the same time, the principles of modernism, elements of realism and national literature, assimilated under the influence of Western literature, complemented each other and became harmonious During this period, as a result of the influence of world literary processes, a number of Egyptian writers created works that corresponded to the worldview, values, and national characteristics of the Arab people. By this time, the genre of the story (القصة القصيرة- al-qissa al-kasira) had become one of the leading genres in Egyptian literature. Muhammad Hafiz Rajab, Ibrahim Aslan, Diya al-Sharqawi, Jamal al-Gitani, Muhammad al-Bustani, Majid Tobia, Abdal-Hakim Qasim, Ahmad Hashim ash-Sharif, Hasan Muhasib, Yahya al-Tahir developed such principles in Egyptian storytelling. This can be seen in the works of Abdullah, Baha Tahir and others. Supporters of the “new wave” direction mentioned above tried writing stories for the first time. These stories reflected the 5-day war between Egypt and Israel in 1967, depression and a gloomy mood. Many writers first dabbled in the short story genre and then moved on to the novel genre. In writing novels, Najib Makhfouz, Yusuf Idris, Abd al-Hakim, Yahya Abdullah, Jamal al-Gitani, Diya ash-Sharqawi, Sunallah Ibrahim, Yusuf al-Queid created examples of the New Novel. At the present stage, the Egyptian novel has united under the influence of the traditions of the national heritage and world literary processes and reflected a new image. We can observe the richness of visual and expressive means of modern Egyptian novels, the unique enchanting world in the works of the Egyptian writer Salva Bakr.