Comparative study of story elements in two short works by Jalal Al Ahmad and Mahmoud Daulatabadi.

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Master's student, Persian language and literature department, Qom University, Qom, Iran

2 University of Qom

10.22126/rp.2023.9149.1776

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The present article attempts to compare two Persian short stories "Garments and Sky" by Jalal Al Ahmad and "Under the Garland of Imamzade Shoaib" by Mahmoud Daulatabadi from the point of view of story elements. For this purpose, the plot structure, character, scene, point of view, atmosphere and theme are discussed. The main point in both of themconcerns fighting against external social factors to achieve the demands. In terms of characterization, both authors mentioned characters that helped advance the subject. In the staging, both of them have considered a holy geographical place that is located in a rural context. Both authors are capable of describing the details and depicting the places. The point of view in Al-Ahmad's writing is the first person or the omniscient, and in the writing of Daulatabadi, it is the third person. The main theme in the first one is a lot of effort while in the story of Daulatabadi, it indicates the fate of time or the inevitable fate, from the beginning, hence the reader is introduced to characters who have no influence in their ordinary lives. The creation of space by both authors shows their ability to depict and express social problems in the expression of life details. Also, same parts in both works show the heavy atmosphere prevalent in the story.

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Research on Fictional Literature

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Available Online from 13 July 2024

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