Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 14، number In Volume 9، December 2021 ، issue Number 67

Socialistic Realism Ideals in “The Empty Place of Slouch” The Analysis of Thought Level of Mahmoud Doulat Abadi

Zahra Dalvand , Farshad Mirzaei (Author in Charge), Masoud Sepahvandi

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: World literature after the Second World War served as a tool for propaganda in the reconstruction of crisis-stricken societies. The description of the forces that are engaged in the construction of society from within, the struggle manifestations of people"s lives, the attention to the modern concept of work, as well as the sanctification of populism, paved the way for the birth of a style called socialist realism. This style, which also included the writers" political views, quickly transcended geographical boundaries. The novel was considered by many thought-provoking writers of that time as a suitable vehicle that could contain such concepts and at the same time be the manifestation of society"s close interaction with political, social and cultural events. In Iran, Mahmoud Dolatabadi presented significant components of socialist realism with his novel The Vacancy of Salouch. Therefore, the authors of this article, by examining the factors outside the text, ie the context of the situation, which includes the political, social and cultural dimensions of society, prove this claim in Salouch"s vacancy in the novel.

METHODOLOGY: This research was a descriptive-analytical method.

FINDINGS: The content of the novel is a fact that arises from the heart of society, which with the help of the author"s honesty has been able to reflect the believable issues of its society well. The image he portrays of the government"s ugly and cruel treatment of women and children embodies his critical views, and this makes Dolatabadi a left-wing critic in his novel The Vacancy of Salouch.

CONCLUSION: What has intensified the realist aspects of this novel are the objective, accurate and coherent descriptions that the author presents of the conditions of society, class conflicts, landlord and serfdom system, smallholders, land division and the so-called Pahlavi White Revolution in Iranian villages. Of course, this detail owes many years to the author"s presence in the lives of ordinary people, so much so that this novel can be considered a real account of the life of the rural class and the Iranian people during the years of tyranny and colonialism of Pahlavi. Keywords: Socialist Realism, Intellectual Content, Style, Contemporary Story, Mahmoud Dolatabadi.

Keyword
socialistic realism , thought content , the contemporary story , Mahmoud Dolat Abadi

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