Breaking Out of the Bottle, Breaking Out of the Pattern: A Reading of the Implied Patterns in the Novel The Bottle by Youssef Al-Mohaimeed

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  • Omar Saeed Basarih

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53286/arts.v6i3.2072

Keywords:

Bottle Novel, Cultural Pattern, Implicit Pattern, Women

Abstract

This research aims to uncover the underlying cultural patterns in the novel The Bottle by the Saudi novelist Yousef Al-Mohaimeed. The study employs cultural criticism, with a particular focus on the concept of implicit patterns. The novel’s emphasis on systemic patterns, highlighted by the title’s connection between women and the bottle, serves as the motivation for choosing this topic. The narrative explores these patterns through various perspectives. The research is structured into an introduction and two main sections. The first section examines the symbolic significance of the pattern in the novel's title, while the second section explores how these implicit connotations permeate the text and influence the formation of dominant and opposing perceptions. The study of the female characters reveals the existence of a metaphorical cultural "bottle" shaped by male perceptions of women, which creates a restrictive framework that the female characters attempt to break free from in different ways. The research also demonstrates that escaping this "bottle"—or restriction—is contingent upon breaking away from these dominant patterns by exposing and deconstructing them.

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Published

2024-08-26

How to Cite

Basarih, O. S. (2024). Breaking Out of the Bottle, Breaking Out of the Pattern: A Reading of the Implied Patterns in the Novel The Bottle by Youssef Al-Mohaimeed. Arts for Linguistic & Literary Studies, 6(3), 259–281. https://doi.org/10.53286/arts.v6i3.2072

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