Dos esquemas de tiempo realista en la obra de Naŷīb Maḥfūẓ

Abstract

This paper is centered in the temporal analysis of two works of Nayib Mahfuz: the Trilogy and The thief and the dogs. Both are following a realistic structure without serious distortions or important ruptures, and the lineal time, from the past to the present, is an essential characteristic. However, the books are conceived from different viewpoints: in the first one, the happenings rhythm is in general slow or deliberate, in view of the extensive textual space, being it, in the second one of them, a very rapid and giddy rhythm. This article detaches and analyses the different or equal temporal elements that characterize the mentioned works.