Literary Research
Year:2018 | Volume:15 | Issue:61|Papers Count:6

Sociological criticism in the literature analyzes the structures of a society through literary works. Embracing subjects concerning history and sociology links, types, social classes, ideologies, meaningful frameworks, and reflection theory in examining the artworks, Lucian Goldman, as a theoretician, proposed the genetic structuralism by organizing George Lucas ideas. Based on this method, the present study aimed to sociologically criticize the drama play by Akbar Radi, under the name of Ofool (The Descent). To do so, two major questions were designed to investigate the extent to which aesthetic structure of Ofool as a realistic work has a mutual relationship with the structure of the society in its era (1960s). It also explored the realization of the playwrightchr('39')s ideology, as a member of the intellectualschr('39') social class, and the likely awareness of this social class in his literary work. Using descriptive as well as analytical approach, the study concluded that the overall framework of Ofool justified the why of social movementschr('39') failure in the 1960s and the pathology of that era via the representation of different social classes and the gaps among them. The author tried not to impose his ideology on the work and kept his play loyal to the realistic style although he reflected the values and consciousness of the intellectualschr('39') social class in his literary work.

Rereading and recreating literary texts enables intertextual conversation and also transferring and enriching the concepts and themes. Furthermore, it contributes to the creation of the works closer to the taste of contemporaneous audience. Literary works adaption has always been viewed as a resource to create new art and literary works. Reza Ghasemi, a contemporary author and playwright. Has applied Persian literary potentials in his plays. Some of his plays were adapted from traditional Persian literature while some there ones were taken from dramatic and modern works. Embedded in Deborahchr('39')s theory, this paper is to closer some adaption techniques in Ghasemichr('39')s plays considering reflection, review, recreation and emphasis. For this purpose, five plays were selected of the most important based on adaption. A close analysis of Ghasemichr('39')s plays illustrates that those plays written in Iran rereads traditional texts of Persian literature while two written plays outside of Iran are being adapted from modern plays and stories. Such plays as “ Zahak became king over the world” , “ Mahan Koshyar” and “ the dilemma of the architect Mahyar” are taken from the Zhak by the Ferdowsi and Seven Beauty of Nizami Ganjavi respectively. Likewise, “ itchr('39')s your turn Mercutio” and the portrait(Temsal) are two plays adopted from several modern texts. Those plays adopted from Persian classical literature are mostly reflecting, rereading and transferring concepts in their genres. Enjoying new plot and characterization in a different setting, his modern plays are of recreating trait in spite of transferring and interpreting concepts in source texts. In both texts, Ghasemi tries to converse with his predecessors and contemporaries and with the audience of his texts simultaneously.

The imposed war and sacred defense was the most important event that occurred in our country in recent decades and affected all dimensions of the community. Literature was also an issue that was influenced by the imposed war, and writers and writers from various perspectives and with various tools described the events of the incident in their works. By studying poetry and stories that have been created in the Holy Defense, it can be seen that the authors have used common themes to convey their concepts, which are repeated in most of these writings, and can be described more precisely by referring to these themes as "motif. " "motif" is a semantic or structural element of the story, where repetition is the most important feature of the story, which increases the semantic and aesthetic richness of the story. They also have a lot of efficiency in criticizing and analyzing different subject matter. In this research, with the discovery and classification of the materials in the novel "Golab Khanum" by Ghasemali Ferasat, its relation with the elements of the story was examined. The results of the research show that various types of material, such as persons, objects, events, places, etc. throughout the novel, have been used to create different elements of the story such as personality, space, space, conflict, suspension, and so on.

The present paper studies through a sociological approach the women-oriented literary studies (research papers, books, theses, and dissertations) in the field of contemporary fiction from 1300 to 1394. An attempt has also been made to conduct a critical analysis, by examining and providing tables and charts, of research annals, their increasing trend, popular works and writers, researcherschr('39') genders, and research approaches. The findings demonstrate that social factors increased the researcherschr('39') tendency toward studying the woman-based fiction from late 1380s. Simin Daneshvar, Zoya Pirzad, and the novels Savushun and I Will Turn Off the Lights have attracted the most researcherschr('39') attention, and the number of male researches is higher than that of the female researchers. Sociological, feminist, and psychological criticisms are the primary approaches, and dealing with such issues as patriarchy, feminine identity loss, gender discrimination, violence against women the secondary approaches of the studies. The approaches used indicate that the portrayal of woman in contemporary literary studies, although having become more accurate, is still unpleasant and the values have been ignored.

Islamic mysticism developed in Persia, had reached Al-Andalus as an important cultural element, after the dominance of earlier centuries. This article wants to answer the question that if Iranian Sufischr('39') works, especially the Persian ones, has been any impacts on Andalusian Mysticism, based on historical and comparative researching. The results show that great Andalucian Sufis such as Ibn-Massarra, Ibn-Arabi and Ibn-Abbad of Ronda aimed this school to grow up by taking effect from the eastern Sufischr('39') – especially Iranianschr('39') – thoughts and books. Their works had a great impact on medieval-age Spain, so that even "La Reconquista" could not eliminate Islamic-Iranian mysticism from the Spanish culture. The famous Spanish priest, San Juan de la Cruz, in his poems shows an obvious tendency to Persian mystical works. Common images and themes between Iranian Sufis and San Juan may lead one to find a historical relation among them.