Daily Life in the Stories of Abdul Malik Nouri: A Sociological Study of Representations of Social Reality

Abstract

The novel—and, of course, the story—since its inception has addressed the social issues of society and found appropriate solutions for them. It has been, and continues to be, the most powerful engine driving the wheel of development in societies, with its various and diverse methods of treatment. This approach encompasses all aspects of life, especially the expanding and ongoing type, which carries the characteristic of permanence and non-routineness. Thus, the reader of the story finds himself before a venerable edifice of society Renewed, we note that Nouri’s stories had the lion’s share of depicting important and central aspects of the life of Iraqi society, as he - that is, Nouri - despite his stories penetrating the smallest details of ordinary daily popular life, he remained preserving the elegance of his stories and their imitation of reality with merit. For this and other reasons, it was necessary for us, at the beginning, to clarify the meaning of daily life in its precise form among philosophers and thinkers, also touching upon The beginning of its emergence and how it can be employed in stories and novels. After that, we began to enter Nouri’s fictional world, establishing the beginnings of his narratives and how his stories were influenced by his social and political culture and his influence by European literature. The researcher divided the research into several aspects based on aspects of daily life It is (poverty), and in it I dealt with texts of different stories by Nouri, in which I showed the effect of this important aspect on the behavior of individuals and their daily lives. I then moved on to another part of daily life, which is (social belief), and what is meant by it is popular religiosity. We explained the term popular religiosity and how it affected the minds of individuals, women And men and how these people held on to their beliefs to the point of great faith in them. There was almost a consensus on some aspects and beliefs that unified the mentality of groups and directed them in a certain direction towards filling the deficiency in their lives and trying to organize their lives. As for the third aspect of life, it dealt with an important aspect of the daily life It is the popular culture that represents the removal of children from their innocent world at an early age and throwing them into the world of work and toil, which shows the injustice of these children. Popular culture is represented by the preference of males over females and the prevalence of a type of clothing that favors one group of people over another, and the last thing that concludes daily life is social relations It is the fundamental path for all other aspects of life, including the relationship between men and women and the relationship between employers and workers. We have detailed these relationships and how they evolved. The research is concluded with a summary of the most important findings.