The Sociological Criticism of a Collection "Koorsorkhi by Alieh Ataei"

Subject Areas : journal of literary criticism and stylistics research

Mansooreh Bagheri Mazrae ¹ , Farzaneh Heydari ²

1 - PhD graduate of Persian language and literature, Kashan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kashan, Iran.
2 - PhD graduate of Persian language and literature, Kashan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kashan, Iran.

Received: 2023-10-15 Accepted : 2023-10-15 Published : 2022-09-23

Keywords: genetic structuralism, Afghan immigrants, sociological criticism of literature, Koorsorkhi, Alieh ataei,

Abstract :

This research is trying to review the anthology named Koorsorkhi written by Alieh Ataei based on sociological criticism and genetic structuralism method. Lucien Goldman ,the theorist in this field, founded the method of genetic structuralism based on George Lukac’s views in sociology of literature.In this critical approach, the structure and content of the literary work is studied in relation to the structures of the society that story developed in. Alieh Ataei is an Iranian- Afghan writer who published Koorsorkhi. This book is driven from her life which can be the representative of Afghan immigrants’ life.The method in this research is descriptive- analytical and the results show that the auther , more than anything else, has discussed the identity crisis of Afghan immigrants She blamesas eastern and western powers and the passivity of Afghan men for the endless problems of Afghanestan.