List of Articles Abdul Rahman Munif

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  1 - A Study on Ethnic Characterizations in "Cities of Salt" Novel by Abdul Rahman Munif
  Roohollah Sayyadi Nezhad Saeedeh Hassan Shahi
  Art of narration in Arabic literature does not own historical background – about a century and half. But novelty of this art in Arabic literature is not known as an obstacle to create works such as "Cities of Salt"; a work in which innovation is its initial featur More

  Art of narration in Arabic literature does not own historical background – about a century and half. But novelty of this art in Arabic literature is not known as an obstacle to create works such as "Cities of Salt"; a work in which innovation is its initial feature. Innovation in all elements specifically characterization, produces another question for the reader: what is the aim of creating various characters and general picture of this creation? The answer should be discovered in the characters' variety which is ethnic characterizations. This research studies characterization element in novels with the aim of clarifying the mentioned aspect of innovation followed by noticing two types of characterizations: individual characterization – the heroes of novel are analyzed; and ethnic characterizations which is the fundamental aim of the author. The studies of the present research show another characterization would manifest followed by Abdul Rahman Munif's political goals in which epic soul infuses and Arabic – ethic characterization would change by America's entrance. Manuscript profile
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  2 - The 1953 Iranian Coup and Deconstruction of The Orientalism Discourse in The Novel “Long Distance Races”
  Kamal Baghjari
  The novel “Long Distance Races” (Sibaq al-masafat at-tawila) is the story of an English agent in Iran who has headed to this country in order to defeat nationalization of oil industry and safeguard the Britain’s colonial interests in Iran. This novel, More

  The novel “Long Distance Races” (Sibaq al-masafat at-tawila) is the story of an English agent in Iran who has headed to this country in order to defeat nationalization of oil industry and safeguard the Britain’s colonial interests in Iran. This novel, whether from centrality of the colonial character or simulation of the orientalist texts, is considered a turning point in the narrative works of "Abdul Rahman Munif". The main objective of this article is to analyze the implications of the post-colonial novel, according to the "History" and "Orientalism". In the historical material, the author cites 1953 coup in Iran, creating a new picture of the evolution of classical colonialism and the emergence of "Neocolonialism". In the “Orientalism” material too, this novel, using orientalist texts cloning, has pictured the collapse of the orientalism foundation and the false dichotomy of "Ego/other" in the post-colonial era in two dimensions of colonizer and colonized. Manuscript profile