University of Tabriz Persian Language and Literature 2251-7979 70 235 2017 08 23 A Study on Magical Realism and Revisionary Nostalgia in the Mise-en-abymes of the Novel Esfar-e-Kateban (The Script of the Scribes A Study on Magical Realism and Revisionary Nostalgia in the Mise-en-abymes of the Novel Esfar-e-Kateban (The Script of the Scribes 97 122 6735 FA Maryam Ebadi Asayesh Assistant Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Islamic Azad University, Marand Branch, Marand, Iran Mahmood Reza Gheibi Assistant Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Islamic Azad University, Marand Branch, Marand, Iran Journal Article 2016 12 07 <em>Esfar-e-Kateban </em>(<em>The Script of the Scribes</em>) won Mehregan Prize in 2000 for its author, Abu-Torab Khosravi. This work which consists of various narrative layers, in its first layer attempts to tell the story of Said and Eklima’s acquaintance. In the other narrative layers, it rereads the old texts such as Masadig-al-Asar of Sheykh Yaha Kondori or Mozaffari History and the life of Saint Shedrek. This characteristic which is seen in postmodern fiction, is called mise-en-abyme. <em>Esfar-e-Kateban</em> which includes the description of the greatness of Khawjas and saints has the features of a magical realist fiction. Magical Realism is an oxymoron that consists of magical+real elements. Many writers, have used this genre for studying the clashes between colonial, postcolonial, and imperialist powers with their society. And sometimes they have revisioned the harsh realities of history using Magical realism. The present study after examining mise-en-abyme in <em>Esfar-e-Kateban</em> and mentioning the characteristics of magical realist fictions such as the irreducible element, the phenomenal world, unsettling doubts, merging realms, disruptions of time, space, and identity according to Faris’ classification, finds the mentioned novel a magical realist one and then it expresses the revisionary nostalgia of the writer in order to rewrite the historical narratives of the lives of Shah Mansour Mozaffari and Saint Shedrek. <em>Esfar-e-Kateban </em>(<em>The Script of the Scribes</em>) won Mehregan Prize in 2000 for its author, Abu-Torab Khosravi. This work which consists of various narrative layers, in its first layer attempts to tell the story of Said and Eklima’s acquaintance. In the other narrative layers, it rereads the old texts such as Masadig-al-Asar of Sheykh Yaha Kondori or Mozaffari History and the life of Saint Shedrek. This characteristic which is seen in postmodern fiction, is called mise-en-abyme. <em>Esfar-e-Kateban</em> which includes the description of the greatness of Khawjas and saints has the features of a magical realist fiction. Magical Realism is an oxymoron that consists of magical+real elements. Many writers, have used this genre for studying the clashes between colonial, postcolonial, and imperialist powers with their society. And sometimes they have revisioned the harsh realities of history using Magical realism. The present study after examining mise-en-abyme in <em>Esfar-e-Kateban</em> and mentioning the characteristics of magical realist fictions such as the irreducible element, the phenomenal world, unsettling doubts, merging realms, disruptions of time, space, and identity according to Faris’ classification, finds the mentioned novel a magical realist one and then it expresses the revisionary nostalgia of the writer in order to rewrite the historical narratives of the lives of Shah Mansour Mozaffari and Saint Shedrek. https://perlit.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_6735_cf70b28fc9839671ae5fc4634305a51e.pdf