The Poetics of Narrative Image of the Place in Shoshana Shrira's Works

Literary image is drawing by words and an element of narration. Narration is based on a theme which presents place through several narrative images in the production of the writer and critic Shoshana Shrira, a pioneer in Modern Hebrew Literature. She has been distinguished due to her poetic, contemplative, serially and fantastic writing style. Her first short story collection, "Green Nile" contains several poetic narrative images as in the story of "The Green Nile" where the place of countryside and on the banks of the Nile has a prominent presence. Shoshanna describes the place with the most elegant expressions and vivid colours. The narrative images of place in the second story, "Manoh and Rohma" have been mental and describe place effect on man feelings and his attitudes towards life. Shoshanna has managed to describe accurately the characters' feelings as she describes what was going on in their minds and by the virtue of describing the tiny details of their behavior. The third story, "Half a Cactus", has been symbolic. The narrative images are clear by the virtue of the extent by which the character may affect the place and its circumstances which change the personality of man. Shoshanna's literary talent is embodied in her choices of utterances, expressions, colours, images and employing them in her production. Shoshanna managed to reflect love of land and her belief in a new life in spite of the harsh circumstances there.