رسول بلاوی

Generally time is an important and special element in narrative texts. it is a main point to be regarded in different fields and subjects. And, there are so many studies that emphasized time's flashbacks and flashforwards in narration. But, the chose of novels was not that good regarding the language and modern technicalities. One good novel is the "scorpion" written by the iranian writer Hosein Mortezaian Abkenar. He played alot with the time in narrative way; and He went beyond the traditianal language and way of narration. This descriptive study aims to focus on the time base in the novel " scorpion" . It starts with analyzing the time as regarded by critics and technicalities in the texts. The main focus was on the flashback and flashforward. Also, we focused on the kind of narration in the novel and analyzing texts to better understand the novel.