Abstract
The selection of the creative Iraqi storyteller (Haitham Behnam Barada) came as a field of research for his collections of very short stories, which he called (suspended love / the second night after a thousand / the isolation of Enkidu / Tamahi / Ships and Caves) which he collected in one volume entitled (Complete Works: The very short story) which was printed by Dar Al-Now Publishers and Distributors / Amman / 2019 of coherent artistic techniques in which he worked hard to preserve the identity of the narrative text, as well as relying on sign, lighting, a quick glance and a visionary blow to express life experiences in society, so the mark formed a phenomenon Distinguished in his very short narrative works, through which he worked to uncover art and produce a new meaning within the communicative discourse between the narrator and the reader.
The research was divided into an introduction and two sections . The first topic included through its study (types of time) in terms of natural time, which in turn was divided into (external / apparent) with its historical, cosmic and psychological (internal / internal) corner, while in the second section we devoted a study on (techniques Time) in terms of its types, retrieval and anticipation.
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