The Methods of Thought Representation in at-Tariq (the search) By Naguib Mahfouz According to the Theory of Leech and Short

When studying narrative, narrative discourse is reviewd. This science evolved in the twentieth century and different ideas were offered about it. The theory of two English stylistics like "Leach" and "Short" are examples of these ideas. This theory is expressed in a book titled Style of Fiction which includes topics such as the methods of thought representation. There are five types of the methods of representation: direct thought, indirect thought, free direct thought, free indirectthought and the narrative report of thought. Contemporary authors like Naguib Mahfouz have used mentioned methods to represent the thoughts in a novel. In this study, an attempt has been made to understand the ideas and knowledge of representation in this novel based on the aforementioned theories. The results indicate that the author has provoked the reader with a lot of thoughts through the main character, used all of them except the free direct, and paid a lot of attention to some methods like free indirect. He sometimes seizes opportunities and also takes other methods, and represents thoughts like cynicism, hatred, love, doubt, revenge, rescue and failure by the above methods.