Opening the space text in Sharid al_ manazil by Jabbour Douaihy

The novel space is a new concept that researchers have difference in its definition. Space, contains all of locations elements and needs to be with permanently time and its opposite of location that requires stopping the time. Text space is the kind of space means beginning that includes implications that novels starts with it and also have direct relation with text and narrative elements. It's like key to entering the world of text. The purpose of this research is explaining the novels atmosphere as an element that contains all the narrative elements, then identifying important opening in Sharid al_ manazil novel. The research method is descriptive / analytical considering the discovery of the implications of the text space in the above novel that covers political matter like Lebanon's civil war. Religious differences are the main issue in opening this novel that makes the space. The most important result of this research is that novel beginnings are not only linked with narrative elements, but all the beginnings are connected to themselves and all of the matters like title, cover design and opening text, contains signs that have relation with the main text. This novel has succeeded in Lebanon by these openings.