خلاصة:
Religious beliefs and convictions are an inseparable part of the lives of children and adolescents. The correct and creative presentation and transmission of beliefs to child audiences is one of the most important issues raised among educators and critics. The language of tales and stories is a suitable tool for connecting children with religious and creedal topics. Producing religious-spiritual fictional works with appropriate and creative structures has a significant impact on institutionalizing religious beliefs in children. The aim of the present research is to examine the reflection of religious beliefs and convictions in selected children's stories and to answer these questions: To what extent have the stories been able to transmit religious beliefs and convictions to children? And which beliefs and convictions have had the most reflection and manifestation in the stories? The research method is content analysis, and the data collection method is through library document review. The results of the research showed that the presentation of religious rituals and beliefs (giving Nazri, sacrifice, pigeon of Haram, saying Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim, saying Alhamdulillah while eating, saying Insha'Allah, etc.) by children's authors in the examined stories is appropriate for children's needs and has many manifestations; however, the diversity of beliefs remains low.
ملخص الجهاز:
The results of the research show that the presentation of religious rituals and beliefs (giving votive offerings, sacrificing, releasing pigeons, saying Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim before starting tasks, saying Alhamdulillah while eating, saying Insha'Allah, etc.
Keywords: Beliefs, religious customs and traditions, story, child *Assistant Professor of Persian Literature, University of Shahrekord, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Department of Persian Literature, Iran, Shahrekord najafi@sku.
The reflection of religious beliefs and customs in children's works plays an important role in increasing general information and understanding life and its dimensions, familiarity with the beliefs and convictions of people of the past, and gaining valuable experiences for future life.
Jafari, Asadollah and Mahboubeh Gholami (1395) have investigated the reflection of folk culture in the children's stories of Samad Behrangi and concluded that his mastery of the folk knowledge of his time and the abundance of his references, especially in Azerbaijani legends, to colloquialisms, proverbs, words, and slang, as well as Behrangi's use of the beliefs, convictions, customs, and lifestyles of the people, has provided a favorable ground for the entry of folk culture into his works.
In the reviewed children's stories, religious and spiritual concepts have been reflected, including: religious and spiritual places (mosques, shrines, imambargahs), religious and spiritual characters, religious rituals (prayer, fasting, religious holidays, and religious obligations), and general religious folk beliefs (sacrifice, making vows, reciting dhikr, Sayyids, seeing off travelers with the Quran, etc.
This belief is also seen in children's stories suitable for age group "C.
Examples of this religious belief are reflected in children's stories.
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