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Vol. 12 No. 12 (2025)
International Multidisciplinary Journal for Research & Development

Articles

POETICS OF MODERN EMIRATE PROSE IN THE STORIES OF MUHAMMAD MURR AND AHMAD ABDULHAMID: AESTHETICS OF REALISM, MODERNISM AND MAGIC REALISM

Published 2025-12-03

  • Ahmedova Shahlo Irgashbaevna

Ahmedova Shahlo Irgashbaevna
Associate professor, Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies

Abstract

This article analyzes the work of two prominent representatives of the contemporary short story genre in the United Arab Emirates, Muhammad Murr and Ahmed Abdulhamid. Muhammad Murr's stories realistically and satirically cover the social and domestic life of modern Dubai, the process of urbanization, the formation of the middle class, and the clash of traditional marriage thinking with modern life. Ahmed Abdulhamid's stories, on the other hand, are dominated by the styles of modernism and magical realism, and the themes of the loss of a person's "I" under the influence of globalization, migration, and social inequality are expressed through spiritual and symbolic images. In the works of the two writers, realistic facts, modernist artistic style, and folklore poetics are combined with each other, forming a new aesthetic paradigm in modern Arab prose. The authors' works are analyzed based on the theme, plot structure, system of images, and features of artistic style.

Keywords

UAE literature, Muhammad Murr, Ahmad Abdulhamid, realism, modernism, magic realism, modern Dubai, narrative genre.

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