Әл-Фараби Атындағы Қазақ Ұлттық Университеті хабаршы шығыстану сериясы, Vol 46, Iss 1 (2016)

The novel as a genre has occupied a prominent position in the Arabic-language Tunisian literature since its independence. The century-long process shows that the Tunisian novel is a live artistic organism open to external influences and itself influencing the society and art. "Intellectual novels", which try to assess the present while actively using elements of artistic legacy, play an important role within the genre. At the form level a constant process of search and change goes on which leads to unexpected and interesting results such as novel-play where narrative is added drama resulting in a new original genre, new literary form.