A look at the allegory and symbol in the two stories "Entry whose lot was dead" by Sadegh Chubak and "My father's fence and dogs" by Shirzad Hassan

Subject Areas : Comparative Literature Studies

Salma Saedi ¹ (1- PhD student, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Hamadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan, Iran)
Masuod Motamedi ² (2- Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Hamadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan, Iran)
Shahrooz Jamali ³ (Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Hamadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamadan, Iran.)

Received: 2021-12-02 Accepted : 2021-12-02 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: allegorical story, Sadegh Chubak, : Fiction, Shirzad Hassan,

Abstract :

  Fiction is one of the most prominent areas in which social issues and problems are well represented. Narratives highlight the characteristics of each society in the context and action of their characters and, in addition to describing and depicting it in a complex way and criticizing it in literary forms and expressions. In some social periods, writers can not easily express their ideas due to the tyranny and oppression of society and fear of government punishment, so they resort to symbolic formats and allegory of one of these forms. ‌ are popular. In the field of fiction, in Iran and Iraq, writers such as Sadegh Chubak and Shirzad Hassan are both among the leading writers of style and influence in contemporary literature, and in this regard, have left lasting works. Considering that Sadegh Chubak and Shirzad Hassan have discussed the issues and problems of their society with similar views, the story of "Entry whose lot was dead" by Sadegh Chubak, with the story of "My father's fence and dogs" by Shirzad Hassan have been selected for review and comparison. In the present study, it is tried to understand the meaning of the second layer of the mentioned allegorical stories based on the descriptive-analytical method. The results of the study indicate that the attention of both authors is focused on the general public and the lower masses of society, and each in the guise of an allegorical story, social relations and the fate of human beings in Iranian and Iraqi society during dictatorships. Reza Shah and Saddam Hussein have narrated.