TY - JOUR
TI - Poetics of the Iranian Revolution of 1978–1979 in the novel Die ersten Tage der Welt (2019) by Salem Khalfani
AU - Dąbrowska, Anna
TI - Poetics of the Iranian Revolution of 1978–1979 in the novel Die ersten Tage der Welt (2019) by Salem Khalfani
AB - The aim of this paper is to examine how given literary devices correspond with the fatalistic portrayal of the Iranian Revolution of 1978–1979 in Salem Khalfani’s novel Die ersten Tage der Welt. The fatalism, regarded as a social necessity and dependence of the drives, is emphasised by the theatrum mundi metaphor as well as the similes comparing the revolutionary events with the dynamic processes which can be found in the world of nature. The outcomes of the revolution are, however, connected with the poetics of lifelessness. Underneath the manifested layer of the novel, which emphasises the fatalism, there is also a covert layer of the text, which suggests that the narrator may be rationalising and denying any guilt for taking part in such a destructive mass event.
VL - 2020
IS - Volume 15, Issue 3
PY - 2020
SN - 1897-3035
C1 - 2084-3933
SP - 189
EP - 200
DO - 10.4467/20843933ST.20.015.12177
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-litteraria-uic/article/poetik-der-iranischen-revolution-von-1978-1979-im-roman-die-ersten-tage-der-welt-2019-von-salem-khalfani
KW - Iranian Revolution
KW - fatalism
KW - poetics