The Semiotics of Absence in the Saudi Novel

Abstract

The study attempts to reveal the meaning of absence and appearance in the narrative text when the reader sees a word used by the writer in a particular scene that excites them and then it reappears later in other situations that make the reader remember the word to achieve a certain artistic value.

This issue applies to when the author includes fictional characters in certain scenes and writes them out of other scenes consciously or unconsciously. The reason for the author doing this is the narration game, which is the writer's ability to master suspense through the theme of absence and appearance.