This study of the Egyptian intellectual Najīb Surūr’s critical essay, Riḥlah fī Thulāthiyyat Najīb Maḥfūẓ (c. 1978; A Journey into Najīb Maḥfūẓ’s Trilogy) argues that this underexplored work of Surūr is a brave assessment of the Egyptian literary canon of the 1950s. The argument finds justification in the author’s unique mastery of irony, and his vigorous textual engagement with Maḥfūẓ’s widely acclaimed masterpiece. Throughout his essay, liberated from a “snow pile” of sensational success, Surūr dives into Maḥfūẓ’s novel Bayna al-Qaṣrayn, in order to bolster his conviction that all authors and genres deserve in-depth analyses. Arguing the viability of applying the Constance School’s Reception Theory in evaluating Surūr’s revolutionary reading, this paper seeks to resituate new aesthetical and ideological paradigms in criticism within the broader context of extra literary/intraliterary dynamics that give birth to competing works of fiction. Surūr’s effort also highlights a compelling mismatch between young authors’ de jure inventive ambitions and their de facto conciliation with previous models.

这项对埃及知识分子纳吉布·苏鲁（NajībSurūr）的批判性文章RiḥlahfīThulāthiyyatNajībMaḥfūẓ的研究（约1978年；纳吉·摩ḥ富三部曲之旅）认为，苏鲁的这项未充分开发的作品是对1950年埃及文学典范的英勇评估。该论点在作者独特的反讽技巧以及他与Ma，fūẓ广受赞誉的杰作的激烈文本交涉中找到了正当理由。在整篇论文中，苏鲁尔从成功的“雪堆”中解放出来，潜入马夫富的小说《拜纳·盖伦》（Baynaal-Qaṣrayn）中，以增强他的信念，即所有作者和体裁都应进行深入分析。论证运用康斯坦斯学派的接受理论来评估苏鲁的革命性读物的可行性，本文力求在产生文学竞争作品的额外文学/文学内部动力的更广泛背景下，在批评中重新定位新的美学和意识形态范式。Surūr的努力还凸显了年轻作家在法律上的雄心壮志与他们与先前模型的事实上的调和之间的令人信服的错配。