The Criticism of Politics, Culture and Society in the stories by Mahmood Dolatabadi

Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 12

Abstract

Novel writers in their works usually speak about different classes of the society, their codes of behavior as well as different and similar reactions of social, political and cultural structures of the society. Mahmood Dolatabadi is one the most famous and admired Iranian novel writers who illustrated social themes such as poverty and hunger, violence and treason, migration to cities, conflict between tradition and modernity, marriage in social chaos, land reforms and endless sufferings of rural people. The current article demonstrated that Dolatabadi was impressed by hisenvironment and depicted real people and places as well as real political and social atmosphere of his current society in his novels. In other words, he criticized the government's policies, predicament of rural areas and irregular migration to big cities through his novels. The goal of the authors of the current article was to investigate Dolatabadi's works from sociological point of view in order to analyze the relationship between literary creation and the artist's social and historical contexts and background. This kind of analysis may be help to create a new perspective on scientific and artistic reviews of literary works.

Authors and Affiliations

Milad Shamei| Phd Student In Department Of The Persian Language And Literature University Of Isfahan, dorrdane@yahoo.com, Mohammad Reza Nasr Esfahani| Assistant Professor Of Group Of Persian Language And Literature University Of Isfahan

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Milad Shamei, Mohammad Reza Nasr Esfahani (2013). The Criticism of Politics, Culture and Society in the stories by Mahmood Dolatabadi. International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences, 4(12), 3824-3826. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-5827