Fantastic Events in Both Novels the City of Whit Musicians and Daghdw

Abstract

Much is said about the importance of the plot in literature. Through history different understand is offered about plot, one of which is “fantastic plot” by Tzvetan Todorov. The fantastic plot is about plots which are extraordinary and many references to reality are involved. The current research adopts Todorov’s fantastic plot theory to approach two Kurdish novels, namely Bakhtiyar Ali’s The City of White Musician’s and Khasraw Jaff’s Dagdw. The research is divided into three parts, in the first part, the methodology and theortical background of the study is provided, then the two analytic chapters are followed which are dedicated to analyzing Bakhtyiar Ali and Khasraw Jaff’s novels.