Breaking the Horizon of Expectation in Muhammad Mukri's Novel (Sagwarr)

Abstract

This research which is titled “Shattering the Horizon of Expectation in Mohammed Mukry’s Sagwar Novel”, it destroys the level of expectation that the Kurdish readers previously had in the (Classic, Realism and Resistance literature), and this is already clarified. According to the descriptive- analytical movement, the concept of the level of expectation is analyzed pursuant to the theory of reception. The founders of the theory of reception are: Hans Robert Yaws, Volgang Ayzar of German’s Constance school. This theory emphasis the readers’ role in the process of reading literary texts, and the level of expectation is one of the concepts of the theory of reception, whereby a number of views and measure are fixed in this regard and the texts are dealt with accordingly. In this research, shattering the horizon of readers expectation in the dimensions: the disruption of narrative chronology, the levels of language and symbolism, and the political and intellectual dimensions are analyzed in the novel. At this research’s conclusion, it is revealed that in the “Sagwar Novel” the “Level of Expectation” of the Kurdish reader is shattered and creates a new phase of reading via shattering the narration chronology, trespassing the language boundary and destroying the ideal hero figure. This novel shifts the reader from inactive receiver into an active receiver in the production of meaning.