Historiographic Metafiction in the Novel "A Small Death" by Muhammad Hasan Alwan

Abstract

We can briefly describe this research as an attempt to explore the important structures that make the novel a historical fiction. We examine the most important factors that make it a novel of this type, its distinguishing features, and the most important techniques used by the novelist in his creative work. This leads us to define historical fiction, its most important characteristics, and how we can distinguish between historical fiction in the novel and the historical novel. Therefore, we find in the novel "A Small Death" by the novelist Muhammad Hasan Alwan an important model in this regard, as the writer was able to escape the strict grip of history into the world of narrative through historical fiction.