Literary Horizon An International Peer-Reviewed English Journal Vol. 1, Issue 3 www.literaryhorizon.com August, 2021 Barthesian Codal Analysis of Mustafa Khalifa’s The Shell: Memoirs of A Hidden Observer ASFA BIBI Research Scholar, NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan. Abstract: Unrest marks the instability of any foundation wherever it spreads its roots. It weakens the superstructures and the bases that it integrates. Usually, it is viewed from opinion of big-wigs of society and the people belonging to lower strata who suffer most are ignored. Barthesian Codal analysis of the memoir, The Shell: Memoirs of A Hidden Observer weaved by Syrian Writer Mostafa Khalifa is done in this Research article in order to check the omniscient, focalized and subjective presence of the narrator and impacts of political restlessness on him. In this context the paper focuses on the implications of Barthesian model on the text and therefore, it extends the significance of the narrator in the respective work. This research on Syrian work is done by the utilization Roland Barthe Codal theory as a methodology keeping in view the qualitative mode of analysis. Keywords: Narratology, Focalisation, War Captive, incarcenation. 1. Introduction Socio- Political writings usually generate from the pens of those who are the observer of the system and the strong. When the writings of such significance are produced from the pen of Email:
[email protected] Page 1 Literary Horizon An International Peer-Reviewed English Journal Vol. 1, Issue 3 www.literaryhorizon.com August, 2021 those who once have been on the side of weak, the pens bleed. Such people are stronger than the strong and they become the voice of all whom they advocate.