“A semiotic analysis of the novel “Al-Thalj Yaati Men Al-nafezah” by Hanna Mina in light of the theory of Ferdinand de Saussure”

The semiotic analysis tries to reveal the relationship between the title and the fictional text, and then semiology, which is a science through which semantic systems such as language, symbols, signs, etc. are studied. relationship becomes clear when the title is considered a semiotic system with semantic and other symbolic dimensions, urging the researcher to trace its connotations to be revealed in the structure and meaning. we sought in this research, To implement the semiotic analysis the novel entitled “Al-Thalj Yaati Men Al-nafezah” by the Syrian storyteller and novelist; Because the title and in view of the content of the text of the novel, it carries suggestive and symbolic connotations despite the realism of the events.In this descriptive analytical study, we tried, according to the theory of the structuralist Ferdinand de Saussure, to reveal the significance of rigid objects centered around the “window and snow”; Because these two terms have an important role in depicting the stages of the hero's personality development and drawing the events from beginning to end.Some results indicate that the “window”, which is the main pillar of the title with its extensional relationship, is considered an element of the confrontation between the protagonist and the outside world, as well as the “snow” comes from the window in which the struggling hero sits. The novelist, through the novel, tried to employ the inanimate objects that have a semantic role in the novel the service of life, which is the life of his heroes and society.