| Abstrak/Abstract |
The novel of Islamic history by Jurj? Zaid?n is one of the works of Modern Arabic
literature which appeared at the end of the 19th century. Since it was first published, as a
serial story in al-Hilal magazine, this novel has been read and has received a great
response. Zaid?n composed 22 titles of novels from 1891 to 1914. After Zaid?n's death in
1914, his novels were still read by the public, reprinted, and even translated in various
languages in the world. Zaid?n’s Islamic historical novels still exist, both within the scope
of modern Arabic literature and in Arabic thought, with many studies to date. Research
on this novel is reviewed and analyzed to reveal the diversity of perspectives to be
mapped. Found nine perspectives in the study of Islamic historical novels; the perspective
of the development of Arabic novel genres, the perspective of authorship and pioneering
in Arabic novel genre, the perspective of the popularization of Arab-Islamic history,
critical perspectives of Islamic historical facts, intrinsic literary criticism perspective,
narrative structure perspective, feminist perspective, perspective modern Arab identity,
and Arab nationalism perspective. The mapping of studies become the positioning of
further Islamic historical novel studies, and at the same time can be a model of study for
the analysis of other historical novels that develop in Arabic literature or other national
literature.
Keywords: novel of Islamic history, Jurji Zaid?n, Modern Arabic literature |
