A doctoral dissertation in the Department of Arabic Language at the College of Arts, University of Basrah, examined “Historical Narratives from the Perspective of the Marginalized in the Iraqi Novel.”
The dissertation, submitted by researcher Ali Kazem Dawood, consisted of three chapters: patterns of historical narratives, vision in historical narratives, and representation in historical narratives.
The dissertation aimed to shed light on the phenomenon of employing history in Iraqi novels published after 2003, through surveying and analyzing a number of significant models within this literary genre. It concluded that the Iraqi novel has worked to rewrite history through documentation, analysis, and critique, refusing to allow official narratives to monopolize memory. Instead, it gave voice to those deprived of the right to speak, established a counter-narrative, documented what people lived through, explored their concerns and reactions to events and transformations, and made revisiting history a prerequisite for building a better future
