Investigating the types of chronotopes in Saedi’s Azadaran-e Bayal

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran

2 ph.D. candidate,Department of Persian Language and Literature,Islamic Azad University,Sanandaj Branch,Iran.

Abstract

The term chronotope was coined by Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975), a Russian literary theorist, as the central element of his theory about meaning in language and literature. Bakhtin used this term in an article called "Forms of Time and Chronotope in the Novel" in 1937. Bakhtin’s main argument by this concept is that time and place are not two separable categories; Rather, they are interdependent and none is superior to the other. This article aims to answer the question of how the concept of chronotope offers new possibilities to the interpreter. The concept of chronotope, which basically refers to the continuity of time and space in literature and art, is based on the fact that time and space are not considered mere temporal and spatial categories, but are signified and have values attached to them. This research has investigated the types of chronotopes and their functions in the story of The Mourners of Bayal (Azadaran-e Bayal) written by Gholamhossein Saedi in a descriptive-analytical way. The findings of the research indicate that the role of chronotopic profiles and their types, such as rural-pastoral chronotope, search, visit, road and threshold, are used in the narrative. Among the types of chronotope, the Astana chronotope in this work is more impressive than theother ones.

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Literary Discourse Analysis
Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
December 2023
Pages 83-108

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