THE IMPACT OF THE WESTERN SOCIAL CULTURAL ON THE NOVEL OF “SEASON OF MIGRATION TO THE NORTH”, BY AL-TAYEB SALIH

This study addressed the impact of the Western social cultural on the novel of “Season of Migration to the North”, by Al-Tayeb Salih. The study aimed at investigate the social cultural impact during the colonial period on the Sudanese cultural and literary work. The study followed the descriptive and analytical approach besides the historical approach to track the literature review. The study reached to a number of findings as followed:

• The colonization mashes use of the smart intellectual categories and turns them westernized intellects.
• Al-Tayeb Salih stayed in England and acquired this culture and so far he affected by it, this quite seems in the novel.
• The central characters in the novel, failed to get immersed into their roots that proves a life which empty of ethical values leads eventually to break down mentally and psychologically.

Based on the above, the study reached to the following recommendations:

• The society must care of the young generation by feeding them the Islamic culture that connected them with their roots.
• The western norms and life style may generate more sameness that have no moral and tradition of the societies therefore the country must provide good education for the younger.
• The recent generation of young, amateurs and students should read attentively and deeply this novel and extract more valuable conceptions from it from the side of academically aspect, in order to be aware the importance of the local society and not act imitate things from others.