نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 دانشگاه خلیج فارس بوشهر
2 دانشگاه شیراز
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
عنوان مقاله [English]
Hajjari * P. Ghasemi **
Persian Gulf University Of Bushehr Shiraz University
The present study is a critical analysis of Bijan Najdi's "The Unfinished Story (A+B)". It presents the postmodern features of this story in the light of the theories given by critics such as Patricia Waugh, Barry Lewis, Jesse Matz, Ihab Hassan, and David Lodge to shed light on Bijan Najdi's unique, individual, and progressive style.What encourages this analysis is an observation of a collection of certain postmodern devices which puts this story in the category of the western postmodern fiction of the 1960s and 70s. These devices are metafiction, short circuit, excess, paranoia, discontinuity, and uncertainty.Besides introducing a postmodern story in Persian Literature, in order to pave the way for other critical analyses of the contemporary fiction, this postmodern analysis pays homage to Bijan Najdi. This is because despite all the merits of his works, the lack of a comprehensive analysis of them is still felt.
* Instructor of English Language & Literature. lhajjari@gmail.com
** Associate Professor of English Language & Literature. Pghasemi@rose.shirazu.ac.ir
Received: 2/1/2010 Accepted: 1/12/2011
کلیدواژهها [English]