Examining the Dual Postmodernism Indicators in the Novel "Hast Ya

Subject Areas : Comparative Literature Studies

Soheila Asadi ¹ , hesam ziaee ² , hossein Mansoorian Sorkhgaryeh ³

1 - PhD Candidate, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, Iran.
2 - gaemshahr Islamic free universityAssistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, Iran. (Corresponding Author)
3 - * Assistant professor of the Persian language and literature, Islamic Azad university , Ghaemshahr branch.

Received: 2023-09-15 Accepted : 2024-03-10 Published : 2024-06-04

Keywords: Postmodern, Novel, Narrative, Sara Salar, "Hast Ya Nist".,

Abstract :

Postmodernism is the third period in the history of human thought. In this period, which spans the end of the 19th century to today, the creation of reality replaces the discovery of reality. Many contemporary story writers in Iran have also written this story style under the influence of the works of the postmodern writers of the West. One of these writers is Sara Salar, who introduced her art as a post-modern writer in the novel "Hast Ya Nist" with elements such as denial of truth, skepticism, uncertainty, contradiction, giving originality to the reader's mind and passing the time while listing the postmodern elements in the novel or not. This research tries to provide a reasoned answer to this question:" Which postmodern elements did Sara Salar use more in this novel?" And what is her place among postmodern storytellers? In this research, the authors specifically defined the characteristics of postmodern stories and their categories using the analytical descriptive method, and the findings of the study showed that the change of perspective and uncertainty are the most important features of postmodernism in this novel.

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