utopia genre in Persian novels: characteristics and backgrounds of genesis

Document Type : Research article

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1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran

Abstract

utopia is a result of historical milestones, and Iranian utopia is the result of special events of the era of constitutionalism and awakening. Most Persian utopian works were written between 1303 and 1332, which can be called the age of utopian writing. By criticizing the current situation, these authors have created a plan of the ideal society in order to expand the readers' horizons and provide the background of education along with literary enjoyment. This research is in the field of genre literature, and genre research in Persian literature does not have a significant background, and no independent and coherent research has been done in the field of the genre of utopia and cognition, as well as how it came about. The problem of this research is how to know the genre of utopia and the context of its emergence in the Persian novel, and in order to answer this question, after defining the genre of utopia and stating the constructive characteristics of utopian works, to investigate the contexts of the emergence of this genre in three constructions: social-historical, literary and personal.has been addressed and we have come to the conclusion that the emergence of this literary type is the result of constitutional history and awakening, imaginary travelogues and times of translation, as well as the essential role of sanati Zadeh Kermani as the developer of the utopian genre. This research is based on the Tussini-analytical and comparative method, based on library research.

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  • Receive Date: 25 July 2023
  • Revise Date: 14 January 2025
  • Accept Date: 16 December 2024

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