CHARACTERIZATION TRAITS IN AHMAD MAHMOOD AND AHLEM MOSTEGHANEM NOVELS

The aim of this article was to evaluate to element of character and characterization in two stories: "Neighbors" by Iranian author Ahmad Mahmoud and "Memories of Body" by Algerian writer Ahlem Mosteghanemi. Research methodology was historical and content analysis. Results showed that the most important difference between the two novels is the fictional form and the language of characters.