A comparative study of "normalization techniques" in scorched earth and headless palms based on Jonathan Caller's theory

Subject Areas : Comparative Literature Studies

mozhgan venarji ^{1 *} , latifeh salamatbavil ² , mohammadmahdi esmailii ³

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2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature - Faculty of Literature and Humanities - Central Tehran Branch - Islamic Azad University - Tehran - Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature - Faculty of Literature and Humanities - Central Tehran Branch - Islamic Azad University - Tehran - Iran.

Received: 2024-12-23 Accepted : 2025-02-24 Published : 2025-09-04

Keywords: Novel, conventionalization, descriptive sediment, social realism,

Abstract :

Abstract: Most literary works have a unique structure and meaning that can be read and interpreted in different ways. Structure and meaning, as potential and latent assets in texts, help researchers in examining their discourse, descriptive levels, and realism. Accordingly, in the present study, two methods of conventionalization in the novels Scorched Earth and Headless Palms have been discussed and examined. The research method in this study is based on content analysis and the approach used is descriptive-analytical. The results show that Ahmad Mahmoud's sincere, precise, and meticulous performance in descriptions (descriptive sediment), conveying thoughts, deepening, and dramatizing scenes, leads to readers' identification and companionship, while Farast, with his literary and general performance, is not very successful in this area. The study of the social realism level of two novels under the titles of Anthropology and Social Damages and Problems has been very effective in deciphering the levels of the story and creating images of beauty, ugliness, neutrality, power, weakness, vulgarity or intellectuality, strength or weakness, purity or impurity, white, black or gray, hope or despair, and an ideal about the war and the people of that time in the minds of the audience.

Keywords: Novel, conventionalization, descriptive sediment, social realism.

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