Semiotics of the title and character names in the novel "Mobile Message" by Munira Al-Sulaiman

This research aims to read the novel (Mobile Message) by Munira Al-Sulaiman with a semiotic reading that reveals the systems and signs used in producing meaning, a reading that looks at the novel as a group of signs that indicate the author’s intention, starting from the apparent structure to the meanings hidden in the depths of words through the structure of the title and the names of the characters that encapsulate the message of the text, and revealing the character’s significance in the novelistic work through multiple paths that reveal its issues and ideas. The research revealed the writer's awareness of the importance of the title and its role as a parallel text that represents an effective tool that plays a role in reading the novel on the one hand, and attracting the recipient's attention and exciting him on the other hand. The research also revealed the writer's ability to reveal the character's secrets and express its physical and psychological features through her use of the semiotics of the name in a way that is far from reportorial and tends towards suggestion and symbolism.

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Journal of King Abdulaziz University-Arts and Humanities
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2025-06-30
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https://doi.org/10.64064/1658-4295.1029
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Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics
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Semiotics of the title and character names in the novel "Mobile Message" by Munira Al-Sulaiman

Muznah Abdullah Abdulazi Albahlal
Journal of King Abdulaziz University-Arts and Humanities
Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics
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Semiotics of the title and character names in the novel "Mobile Message" by Munira Al-Sulaiman

Muznah Abdullah Abdulazi Albahlal
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Abstract

This research aims to read the novel (Mobile Message) by Munira Al-Sulaiman with a semiotic reading that reveals the systems and signs used in producing meaning, a reading that looks at the novel as a group of signs that indicate the author’s intention, starting from the apparent structure to the meanings hidden in the depths of words through the structure of the title and the names of the characters that encapsulate the message of the text, and revealing the character’s significance in the novelistic work through multiple paths that reveal its issues and ideas. The research revealed the writer's awareness of the importance of the title and its role as a parallel text that represents an effective tool that plays a role in reading the novel on the one hand, and attracting the recipient's attention and exciting him on the other hand. The research also revealed the writer's ability to reveal the character's secrets and express its physical and psychological features through her use of the semiotics of the name in a way that is far from reportorial and tends towards suggestion and symbolism.

Journal of King Abdulaziz University-Arts and HumanitiesVol. 33(3)
Openalex Percentile: Top 71%
Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics
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