Abstract
In this paper, I try to support Gerard Genette's conception of focalization, that was first proposed by him in his
book Narrative Discourse (1980). Focalization is known as the perspective of the narrator in fiction. It includes a comparative
study of layers of focalization in multicultural perspectives by analysing the narratological techniques in two of the most
controversial novels. Those novels represent two worlds apart; one is AlaaAlaswany’sYacobian Building and the other is
Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano. In both novels, the narrators are absent from the two stories told. These narrators are
depersonalized and they are lacking definable personalities and opinions.