The Aesthetics of Paratext in the Saudi Feminist Novel: The Novels of Atheer Abdullah Al-Nashmi as a Model

This research proposal deals with the aesthetics of the paratext in the Saudi feminist novel, as significant rhetorical signs and important pillars in interpreting the signs of the novel. The researcher chose to apply it on the novels of Atheer Abdullah Al-Nashmi; Especially as it is full of internal parallel texts starting from the contents of the front and back cover, dedications, quotes, etc., and there are also many of external parallel texts; This enriches this research proposal, which aims to present an applied study that approximates those texts parallel to the narrations in study semiotically and analytically, in accordance with the proposal made by Gérard Genette to the thresholds, with the aim of revealing their secrets and standing at their semantic dimensions that make the waiting horizon for the reader, by passing in that The search for the purposes to stand at the logical interpretation of the parallel text and its relationship to the narration and the techniques of the novel, whether it is announced or silent.