Postmodernist characteristics in the works of Abu Torab Khosravi and Bijan Najdi

Daradoost, Ensiye; Hasanzade MirAli, Abdollah; Zirak, Sareh

doi:10.22054/ltr.2023.70866.3667

Postmodernist characteristics in the works of Abu Torab Khosravi and Bijan Najdi

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ PhD student of Persian language and literature of Semnan University

² Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Semnan University

³ Assistant Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

10.22054/ltr.2023.70866.3667

Abstract

Abstract

Post-modernist stories are a combination of the real world and the meta-real world, which have many characteristics within, and the most important characteristics of these types of stories are the distinct presence of the narrator, the story, temporal confusion and lack of sequence, ambiguity, multiplicity of narrators, and anonymity. In this article, some works of Bijan Najdi and Abu Torab Khosravi are reviewed and these features are analyzed and compared in them. Abu Torab Khosravi often mentions anonymous characters in his postmodern stories and mentions them with alphabetical letters, multiple narrators and time reversals and the presence of the narrator-author in the story and the use of intertextual elements in the form of rewriting are the characteristics of this author. In his works, Bijan Najdi talks directly to the reader and explains about the story. His characters either don't have a name or have repeated names; Therefore, they do not have a specific identity. The narrative sequence in his stories is also messed up due to many going back and forth. Intertextuality is also present in his stories in the form of mythological impressions.

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