“Persian is Sugar”: A Pattern of Failed Nationalist Discourse
There has been a significant influence of post-constitutional intellectual and social currents on modern fiction writing in Iran. This article examines how "nationalism" is expressed in the story "Persian is Sugar" by Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh. It is important to consider the conte...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fas |
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Allameh Tabataba'i University Press
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Matn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī |
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| Online Access: | https://ltr.atu.ac.ir/article_11159_97c01b9dd567da73a12afdd8e57a33e4.pdf |
| Summary: | There has been a significant influence of post-constitutional intellectual and social currents on modern fiction writing in Iran. This article examines how "nationalism" is expressed in the story "Persian is Sugar" by Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh. It is important to consider the context of text creation, which is particularly important in discourse analysis, when examining the issues society faced around the year 1300 SH. It has been found that discussions of nationalism have been a major part of intellectual circles during this period and have been reflected in numerous narratives. In the introduction to "Yeki bud yeki nabud", Jamalzadeh, a pioneer of modern fiction, explains his theoretical foundation clearly. Fairclough's critical discourse analysis approach to this article indicates that focusing on nationalist discourse during this period failed to achieve the ideals of nationalism, which in particular included the expansion of freedom and power against the government, one of nationalism's most important objectives. Therefore, in this regard, "Persian is Sugar" represents a kind of failure in this period's society. |
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| ISSN: | 2251-7138 2476-6186 |