Spatiality in Sayf AI-Din Hasan Babakir' s Al-Zaman al-Fadāī al-M'iwaj

Abstract

This article examines spatiality as an aesthetic expression of reality in Sayf al- Din Hasan Bābikir’s novel, Al-Zaman al- Fadāī al-M'iwaj. The novel marks new trends in Sudanese literary writing in the postmodern period. The theoretical framework is drawn from Michael Foucault, Henri Lefebvre and Gaston Bachelard. Beginning with the discussion of spatiality in Sudanese culture and an examination of Bābikir's technique the paper goes on to explore the inner, outer and spaces of emplacement in the novel as a strategy for the negotiation of the socio-cultural, political and historical realities of modern Sudan..