Evaluation of Moral and Didactic Motifs in Savushun Novel

Subject Areas : Research Allegory in Persian Language and Literature

Seyed Ahmad Hosseini Kazerouni ¹ , Mohammad Reza Kamali Baniyani ²

1 - Professor of Persian language and literature, Islamic Azad University of Bushehr Branch- Iran
2 - Faculty member of Islamic Azad University, Izeh Branch- Iran

Received: 2013-11-02 Accepted : 2014-03-11 Published : 2014-03-21

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Abstract :

Savushun is a historical-political novel with a precise and strong prose. This work is very strong in terms of writing technique and theme developing. It is also the first story in which the main character is a woman. Different topics, such as social, political, cultural, historical, educational, and heroic issues, are combined in this novel and create an everlasting work. Although this novel has been studied politically in most of the researches and reviews, its educational aspect is so strong that it can be placed among the educational works. In fact, the background voice of Savushun is informative, reminder, and instructive. Accordingly, the educational aspects of Savushun novel will be discussed in this study.