The Narrated World and the Manifestations of the Unsaid in the Very Short Story (Selected Models from Writers of the Qassim Region)

Abstract

This study seeks to uncover the manifestations of the unsaid in the very short story from a structural perspective, taking this modern narrative art as a starting point to elucidate this rhetorical phenomenon, and attempts to trace its appearance in selected short-short stories by writers from the Qassim region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It has become evident that the use of this technique occurs repeatedly throughout the corpus,
granting it a significance equal to that of verbal expression in this narrative genre. Consequently, focusing on it represents a valuable epistemological contribution to the study of this modern narrative form. The study begins by addressing the conceptual and terminological issues surrounding the very short story and the literary genre to which it belongs. It then proceeds to define the concept of the unsaid or silence, before moving on to examine the ways in which it is structured within narrative texts, exploring its recurring patterns and revealing its role
in shaping the narrated world. This exploration may, in turn, illuminate distinctive features of narrative discourse in the very short story.
The structure of this research consists of an introduction, followed by a preamble, and three main chapters devoted to examining all its aspects-namely: inability, reticence, and impulsion. These are followed by a conclusion and a list of sources and references.