작품 「우리 동네 이야기」의 주제분석

A Thematic Study of the Novel "Stories of Our Alley"

This paper is about a thematic analysis of the novel "Stories of our alley" written by an Egyptian writer Najiib Mahfūz. As he told that, in an interview, "I was born in an old Cairene alley and love it. I believe that the connection between wrier and place, human being or high ideal is love. These old allies are all to me. Therefore when I wrote about my old alley, I feel best condition", the alley which he lived represents a small man's world in his novels and also is found in any regions in this world. He chose the novel's subjects from the special region i.e. Cairene alley, but the man's worries common to other world and the he describes them in a highly artistic manner, this leads us to the widely common feeling regardless of anyone's nationality. This novel is, I think, a very important data which shows something about writer's life.