Volume 12 · Issue 5 · October 2025
The Theme of Jabar Jamal Xerib’s Novel (Bnuse Khween)
Sangar Qader Shekh Mohamad Haji
The theme is the most explicit component of a text, usually a poet or novelist writes a literary piece because of his/her point of view on a subject, which we call theme, and this shows the value of theme in literary genres. In the text, the theme has a strong relationship and is directly related to the character. Also, the theme can be expressed through both dialogue and monologue techniques. these don’t mean that a novelist doesn't use other techniques to manifest the novel's theme. The novel's theme could be expressed throughout a sentence, paragraphs, scenes, or events. If it is shown in a sentence, the novelist makes all elements and techniques of the text to serve the idea of the theme. Sometimes the text's theme is present in most parts of the text, the novelist expresses it in different ways and styles. This research is entitled “The Theme of the Novel Bnuse Khween” Jebar Jemal Xerib’s novel. The method of this research is the Thematic Method. The novel contains many motifs like love, hate, tolerance, revenge...etc. In this research we clarified that doubt is the theme of the novel, it is present in the whole text and connected with many elements and techniques, despite that, most major and minor characters do not trust each other.
