The Najdi Character in Al-Mazini’s Journey to the Hijaz. A Literary Study

Abstract

Abstract:

This paper employs the methodology of induction and analysis to study the text associated with its produced context. It aims at tracing and analyzing the Najdi character as depicted in Al-Mazini's journey to the Hijaz, as written during his visit in 2016. The significance of this paper lies in the analysis of a text representing an early stage of national formation, documented by an Arab journalist influenced by the reputation of the Najdi people at that time. The results indicate that Al-Mazini described them from two perspectives: personal traits and habitual actions. In his depiction of the Najdi character, he took a positive, admiring stance in places, and in some places, a negative, sarcastic stance, according to the status and contexts of the description, and according to the author's intentions and motives.

Keywords: Character, Najdi, Al-Mazini, Journeys, Hijaz.