Journal of Basra researches for Human Sciences

In his fiction collection, "The rhythms of dancing time " Al Sibai evokes Texts which are full of pain and picturizes with honestly the cruel hegemonic that insulted the dignity of the Iraqi man. The characters in this collection came as worried and tortured characters , crushed by the problems of life and it was a mirror which reflects the suffering of the lived reality. The narrator succeeded in observing the long-suffering of all spectra of the Iraqi community; educated and simple men , a woman ,a man and a little child .

Paratexts have gained a lot of attention modern semiotic studies and especially from Arab critics. However, some ancient Arab researchers had referred to them but without assigning the term which had been known. They had been referred to by many names (Text Margins, Upper Text, Surface Text, Text Doorsteps, Parallel Text, Surrounding Text, …..etc.). They refer to whatever fence the text being it a story or a novel starting from the main title that titles the text passing by the subtitle or subtitles under which the text is given, in addition to the genre type, the author (storyteller, novelist) male or female, cover image, commentaries, publisher, copyright…..etc. These factors lead to the intended aim of the Paratexts to clarify why the studied text has been given this title not another. If there are subtitles we have to find the connection between them. Depending on this, we have found that the titles of Sinan Antone's three products were not arbitrary, but they have been employed by the novelist for certain purposes. This study highlighted this important side which have been given much attention by modern semiotic studies in addition to the novelist's interest in parallel text issues like front cover picture, writings, symbols, slogans, margins, translations and critical commentaries that back cover contains.