چکیده:
Anthology, selection, or literary battle is a term used to refer to a collection of selected works that may include a collection of poems, short stories, plays, articles, hymns, songs, or selected pieces. In the present research, contemporary short story anthologies in Iran have been introduced and reviewed, from the first published anthology, 'Masterpiece of Persian Prose' (1950) by Saeed Nafisi, to 'Short Stories by Female Writers' by Jamal Mirsadeghi (2018). The main goal of this research is to introduce this literary genre and identify the criteria and standards that anthology authors had in mind when selecting stories. In this regard, valuable anthologies are seen that can provide worthy images of the background of the Iranian short story and its authors. So far, only one research article has been conducted in this field. The type of research is fundamental, and the research implementation method was carried out through content analysis with historical considerations. Research findings show that; by examining more than 35 anthologies and observing the commonalities and diversity of the collectors' criteria, reliable images of the status of short story writing in Iran and its characteristics, from the beginning to recent years, can be obtained; although in some cases, anthologists have applied their own ideas and tastes in selecting works or have not mentioned their selection criteria at all. The results of the research clarify that while anthologies familiarize new generations with past experiences and achievements, they can serve as an indirect channel for teaching storytelling and awareness of the history of short story writing in Iran to lovers of contemporary Iranian literature. Furthermore, various types of Iranian short story anthologies were identified with historical, gender, regional, and thematic criteria, which shows that literary taste and criteria for selecting stories have been relative and variable in each period.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The research findings show that; by examining more than 35 anthologies and observing the similarities and diversity of the collectors' criteria, reliable images of the status of short story writing in Iran and its characteristics, from the beginning until recent years, can be obtained in total; although in some cases, anthologists have applied their own ideas and tastes in selecting works or basically PhD student in Persian Literature daavar_mitra@yahoo.
Regarding the introduction, examination, and analysis of story anthologies, no comprehensive research has been conducted so far that covers the entirety of published anthologies in Iran, and this point makes the importance and necessity of introducing and examining short story anthologies essential, while also familiarizing readers of the fiction field with the judgments and tastes of different generations of storytellers, and placing the criteria and patterns of compilers before researchers in historical studies.
Contemporary Iranian Storytellers (1383) Contemporary Iranian Storytellers (1383), selected by Mohammad Ghasemzadeh (1334-), spans 495 pages and includes short stories by Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, Sadegh Hedayat, Bozorg Alavi, Sadegh Chubak, Jalal Al-e Ahmad, Ebrahim Golestan, Simin Daneshvar, Gholamhossein Saedi, Ahmad Mahmoud, Esmail Fasihi, Jamal Mirsadeghi, Bahram Sadeghi, Houshang Golshiri, Javad Mojabi, Goli Taraghi, Shahrnush Parsipour, Ghazaleh Alizadeh, Mohammad Mohammad Ali, and Maniru Ravani Pour.
This anthology includes 12 short stories from 12 contemporary Iranian writers in the 70s decade, where the compiler introduces and examines each writer and their mental world and the characteristics of the story elements in the preface; the criteria for selecting the stories are the author's independence in style, method of narration, and language.
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