Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 15، number In Volume 4، July 2022 ، issue Number 74

A Study of the Story of "Uncle John Napoleon" by Iraj Pezeshkzad and the Story of "Azita" by Hosseingholi Musta’an, Based on the Narrative of Shalomit Raymond Kenan

Afsaneh Sehati Gorgan , Monira Ahmad Soltani (Author in Charge), Ashraf Sheibani Aghdam

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In most books of literary criticism, the point of view is considered as the narrator. But the conditions of the narrator and the type of narration and other issues related to the narration such as the time of the narration, the place of the narration and the reliability and other elements of the narration are something that has been addressed by critics such as Kenan. With the same approach, the narrative logic of the text will be analyzed in the stories of "Uncle John Napoleon" by Iraj Pezeshkzad and the story of "Azita" by Hosseingholi Musta’an.

METHODOLOGY: The research method of this article is descriptive-analytical which has been collected through library studies and search of primary sources of narratology.

FINDINGS: Iraj Pezeshkzad, along with the satire that is the main component of most of his works, through the intermediate narrator, presents the narrative logic of the text in a completely coherent way. The chronological order of the events of the story takes precedence over its causal relations. The narration in the story of Husseinghli is called "the hidden author". Through the meta-narrator, he incorporates the events into the story inconsistently, and this confuses the reader of the text.

CONCLUSION: Some writers provide storytelling credibility to the audience through the intermediate narrator and regular events. On the other hand, without considering the causal relations of the events, they confuse the audience in the story space only with the aim of presenting a moral, social or other message.

Keyword
Iraj Pezeshkzad , Hosseingholi Musta’an , Storytelling , Raymond Kenan Schlomite , Narrative

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