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" Persian Magical Realism and the Re-Appropriation of Mythical and Mystical Texts: "
Emami, Ameneh Shervin
Shayegan, M.Rahim
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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904064
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TL79j555vq
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Emami, Ameneh Shervin
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Persian Magical Realism and the Re-Appropriation of Mythical and Mystical Texts:\ Emami, Ameneh ShervinShayegan, M.Rahim
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UCLA
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2020
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2020
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In this dissertation, I compare the selected works of two Iranian authors, Šahāb al-Din Suhrawardi (d. 1191) and Shahrnush Parsipur (b. 1946). My aim is to represent that, even though their works are approximately eight hundred years apart, the style and themes of their narratives have strong affinities. Close readings of four illuminationist allegories by Suhrawardi, the classical mystical writer, and three novels by the contemporary Iranian novelist, Shahrnush Parsipur (who is often referred to as a practitioner of Magical Realism) substantiate my argument. Using this comparison, the study aims to investigate the similarities between Persian mystical allegories of the classical tradition and Persian Magical Realist texts of modern and contemporary times, and it argues that Persian Magical Realism is a narrative mode that has obvious similarities to Persian mystical allegories. By investigating the three novels of Parsipur as examples of Magical Realism in Persian literature, I aim to illustrate that Persian Magical Realism is greatly derived from Persian mystical allegories of the Persian classical tradition and that the narrative mode in its Persian incarnation is more indigenous than has been assumed.
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Shayegan, M.Rahim
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UCLA
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