Discourse and plotting of historical events in realist, modern and postmodern novels (Case Study Dastan-e Yek Shahr, Sorkh Sefid, Dr.Noon loves his wife more than Mosaddiq)

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1 Department of Persian, Faculty of Language and Literature, University of Kurdistan

2 Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Language and Literature, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj

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This study details the ways novel writers use historical events and how different historical events are included in realistic, modern and post-modern novels. To do so, a novel from each of these writing styles was selected, namely “Dastan-e Yek Shahr”, “Sorkh Sefid”, and “Dr.Noon loves his wife more than Mosaddiq”. The theoretical framework of this study is premised on Randall’s notion of narrative intelligence and Laclau, E and Mouffe’s discursive analysis. In “Dastan-e Yek Shahr”, narrative intelligence contributes to determination, selection or removal and further modification of events. In the author's favorite issues, party and ideological discourse has caused the details of the events to be quoted or highlighted, as well as in the cases of disfavor, exclusion and exclusion, and silence have been used more. The author of “Sorkh Sefid”, took his interests and thematic requirements into account by faking certain historical details, elimination, reduction or exaggeration of certain characters, roles or political movements in the context of events, As to “Dr.Noon loves his wife more than Mosaddiq”, the author uses historical frameworks to write a narrative history, reduce politics and administration of a country to familial affairs and use it as an instance of mindset and performance of politicians.

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Research in Narrative Literature

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Available Online from 19 February 2025

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