Abstract:
The emergence of mythology in the contemporary Persian novels، as the dominant literary discourse، is an epoch making movement. Based upon their vision and socio- political situation، many of the contemporary authors have used mythology in order to achieve two main goals: one، to present an interpretation of the world around، and the other، to enhance the esthetic and attractive values which they are to present in their works. According to the findings of the research، novelists within the 1340’s and 1350’s showed most concern toward restructuring and reproducing myth ever. A main reason was the authors’ nostalgias caused by the events such as the defeat of folk movement and the coup of Mordad 28th which mad long and deep impression on them. The most tendencies to myths in post-revolution period can be seen in 1370’s and 1380’s. However، the authors’ motivations differ from those of the pre-revolution period. A vast number of writers follow modernist and postmodernist movements and aesthetical tastes; some try to strengthen and revive national features، turn back to their traditional origins rather than pure imitating the West. The present research seeks to study and analyze how the mythological theme and narratives have been reflected، reproduced in the contemporary Iranian novels from mordad 28th 1332 to 1387.
Machine summary:
Although some critics and researchers, such as Hassan Mirabedini in the book "One Hundred Years of Storytelling," have referred to the creation of a myth-oriented atmosphere and mythological stories in the 1950s and 1960s under the title "New Literary Trends"; the void for a comprehensive, coherent investigation and analysis of the reasons for the emergence and the process of reflecting myths in the novel is felt more than ever in the past; the importance of this subject becomes clearer when we consider that, due to the widespread approaches of writers in the 1990s and 2000s toward modernism and subsequently postmodernism, mythologism is considered one of the dominant aspects of contemporary novelists.
For example, the reflection of the mythical narrative of "Mashi and Mishiane" in the novel "Barehneh dar Bad" written by Mohammad Ali. The Rise and Fall of Mythical Narratives in Contemporary Persian Novels A glance at the position of myth in Persian novels from the Constitutional Revolution to before the August 13 coup Although the Constitutional movement should be considered the beginning of the awakening of the Iranian nation and a change in political and social foundations and the creation of major transformations in all social, cultural, and artistic fields, especially storytelling; myths have not had an impact or reflection in the narrative literature of the Constitutional era.
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