The Introductory Structure in the Novel Death, the Sea and the Rat of Fredj Lahouar

Abstract

<jats:p>This research studies the introductory structure which is defined by Gérard Genette in his book Thresholds. Within a poetic framework of textual interactions that examines the novel of the death, the sea and the rat as a mature metafiction  that expressed a stage of writing problems witch deliberate the rejection of realism and traditions of classical writing according to a critical conception that considered the Writing as a work. Considering the book contains a collection of miniature texts that carry his identity. How did Fredj Lahouar  formulate its introductory structure in the approach of the Gerard Genette  in the adventure of metafiction? And how did he show his text?&#x0D;
Keywords: Introductory Structure, Death, the Sea and the Rat, Fredj Lahouar, Writing, Thresholds.</jats:p>