Contemporary literary criticism has established a link with psychological knowledge more than ever in order to develop the use of psychological perspectives in the review and analysis of literary works. Among them, there have been theorists that used the terms of this knowledge in the field of cultural and literary theories. Especially the theorists of postmodernism who have used the title and symptoms of "schizophrenia" disorder in describing the postmodern situation. In such a way that postmodern cultural processes have been considered similar to the mental state of the sufferers of this disorder and its major sub-branch, namely "paranoia". This is despite the fact that some features of modern fiction, in terms of narrative style and characterization, are very similar to schizophrenia and its main symptoms, such as dissociation of the psyche and expression, and the tendency to isolation and anthropomorphism. Based on this assumption, in this research, an attempt has been made to analyze the novel "Park Shahr" by Haniyeh Sultanpour with regard to the effect of schizophrenia and the story, using the analytical-descriptive method. To achieve the goal, Brian McHale's theory regarding the distinction between the modern novel and the postmodern novel has been used. The results show that the existence of features such as psychological and linguistic dissociation, involuntary unconscious extraversion, delusions, as well as the tendency to be alone and isolated in the narrators and characters of modern fictional works, can provide an important capacity to highlight epistemological concerns.
Moradi, A. (2023). Examining the relationship between modern novel and schizophrenia based on the novel "Park Shahr" by Haniye Sultanpour. Literary Text Research, (), -. doi: 10.22054/ltr.2023.72244.3685
MLA
Ayub Moradi. "Examining the relationship between modern novel and schizophrenia based on the novel "Park Shahr" by Haniye Sultanpour". Literary Text Research, , , 2023, -. doi: 10.22054/ltr.2023.72244.3685
HARVARD
Moradi, A. (2023). 'Examining the relationship between modern novel and schizophrenia based on the novel "Park Shahr" by Haniye Sultanpour', Literary Text Research, (), pp. -. doi: 10.22054/ltr.2023.72244.3685
VANCOUVER
Moradi, A. Examining the relationship between modern novel and schizophrenia based on the novel "Park Shahr" by Haniye Sultanpour. Literary Text Research, 2023; (): -. doi: 10.22054/ltr.2023.72244.3685
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