Abstract:
This article reviews narrator and its features in "New stories Stories from Old Books" by Mehdi Azar Yazdi among different fictional components. First، narrative variants are defined based on the ideas of Jaap Lint Volt; then، narrative variants of heterogeneous story world and its types (text-writer، agent، and neutral) and narrative variants of homogeneous story world and its types (text-writer and agent)، and also narratee and it types (extra-story narratee and intra-story narratee) are reviewed in the stories of this book. Azar Yazdi has used heterogeneous narrative variant of text-writer، heterogeneous narrative variant of neutral، heterogeneous narrative variant of agent and homogeneous narrative variant of text-writer. According to this fact that heterogeneous narrative variant of text-writer is the most frequently used narrative variant and the author has used the omniscience and capability of interpretation of the narrator in this narrative variant to familiarize and introduce the characters and transfer pedagogical and moral content simply، it can be said that Azar Yazdi had special attention to his kid audience while creating his stories.
Machine summary:
Given that the heterodiegetic autodiegetic narrative type has the most application in the aforementioned collection, and the author has used the omniscient and explanatory characteristic of the narrator in this narrative type to facilitate character recognition and the transmission of educational and moral concepts, it can be said that Azarizdi paid special attention to the child audience when creating these stories.
The omniscient narrator, in the heterogeneous text-centered narrative mode, by penetrating the mind of the merchant and expressing his internal monologue, has made it easy for the child reader to recognize the complex character of the merchant and understand his motive.
- Out of a total of 58 stories in the collection "New Tales from Ancient Books," 56 stories are completely narrated with non-homogeneous narrative modes (text-centered, actor-centered, and impartial), where the story is narrated from a third-person point of view (unlimited omniscient or limited omniscient).
Given that "in children's stories, especially in lower groups, the third-person point of view and the presence of an omniscient narrator evoke a storytelling state for the child, which is very delightful for them" (Sarmashghi, 1386: 72), it can be said that the high frequency of the non-homogeneous narrative mode in these stories has increased its attractiveness for the child audience.
Considering the results obtained, it can be said that Azarizdi has had a great concern for the child audience and has chosen the narrative mode of the stories in the collection "New Tales from Ancient Books" in accordance with the type of audience, namely children.
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