Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 14، number In Volume 10، January 2022 ، issue Number 68

A study of the stylistics of NimaYoshij's stories

Ahmad Hosseini Makarem (Author in Charge)

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Nimayoushij started writing short stories at the same time as being a poet; He has one long story, several short stories and a short story. Although in this fieldhe never achieved the success he achieved in poetry, But the study of these works shows the art of Nima"s storytelling and acquaints us with his thought and language.

METHODOLOGY: In this library method, his stories have been studied based on three levels of linguistic, literary and intellectual stylistics.

FINDINGS: Nima has written his stories in simple and official language, but in it, humorous language, poetic prose and native words of the north, Arabic words, can be seen. At the syntactic level, it also pays attention to short sentences, protest sentences, descriptions and deletion of verbs. At the literary level, he has allegorical and symbolic stories, and in his imagination, he has used metaphors the most. At the intellectual level, the critique of religious superstitions and prejudices, poverty and the problems of villagers" lives, love, freedom, tyranny and oppression are the main themes of his stories.

CONCLUSION: Nima tries to innovate in storytelling like her poetry, considering simple language, native language, symbol array and social theme. With simple standard language, he has introduced the native space and language into the official language, he has been able to express the issues and problems of the society and his like-minded people by writing allegorical and symbolic stories that seemingly belong to children"s literature. The social problems of the people, especially the villagers, and their problems are deeply considered by Nima in his stories.

Keyword
NimaYoshij , story , style , language , thought

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