Writers and novelists: “Social communication” is the biggest challenge for the novel
Abdullah Al-Nuaimi, Wasini Al-Araj, and Najwa Bin Shatwan.
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During the “Future of Writing and Reading Novels” session, which was held within the Sharjah International Book Fair, a number of novelists confirmed that social networking sites have become the most prominent challenge for the novel, as it may negatively affect the level of reading, but at the same time it plays a positive role. In liberating young talent from the power of critics.
The writer and novelist Dr. Wassini Al-Araj said: “I do not see that the novel suffers from a future warning, and I do not see risks for the Arab novel, because there is a large productive surplus for fiction writing, so we must learn to accept the different, and complete the cultural sorting process as natural.”
Wassini Al-Araj continued: "Social networking sites can play an important role in the novel by turning it into movies or series. If social networking sites come out of the narrow circle, they can make the novel a cultural and civilized value," noting that the reader's relationship with the paper book is still great. Holy copyright issue.
The Libyan writer and novelist, Najwa Bin Shatwan, said, “The abundance of writers is a natural thing, and it does not represent a problem for the novel, because Al-Durra does not come alone, so a distinguished writer must come amid this momentum. Nature settles after a while on a writer the size of Tolstoy, Marquis and Shakespeare, and then we can say The elite is coming one by one.”
She added, "The biggest thing facing novels or writing in general is the distraction of social networking sites, which have taken the attention of people young and old, as well as consumer audio and video applications. There is no more time to read, and we need liberation, which is difficult but not impossible."
Emirati writer and novelist Abdullah Al Nuaimi said: “In 2014, I read an article by one of the Emirati writers entitled (The Death of the Text), and he was talking about the tyranny of video clips and tweets over the long narrative text. Facing an existential challenge in the coming years, he said to me (Yes), but I disagreed with him and told him that social networking sites will serve the novel in the long term and free it from the influence of the critic. Another negative.
Al-Nuaimi added: “Is the novel dead now?
My point of view is no, as the communication sites served the novel in a very large way, and today the Gulf reader has been able to reach the Maghreb, Europe and all parts of the world.”
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