A) Books
1.Al-e-Ahmad, Jalal;(2002) Sitar, seventh edition, Tehran: Ferdows Publications.
2. Allan Poe, Edgar; (2010) The Mask of the Red Death and Eighteen Other Stories, translated by Kaveh Basmanji, Tehran: Rozaneh Kar.
3. Arianpour, Yahya; (2003) From Saba to Nima, Eighth Edition, three-volume period, Tehran: Zovvar Publications.
4. Dad, Sima; (2011) Dictionary of Literary Terms, fifth edition, Tehran: Morvarid publications.
5. Dostoevsky, Fyodor; (2009) Notes from Underground, translated by Rahmatollahi, Tehran: Jami Publications.
6. France, Peter; (2001) Rousseau's Confessions, translated by Maziar Hadizadeh, Tehran: Markaz Publishing.
7. Irani, Naser; (2001) Art of Novel, first edition, Tehran: Abangah.
8. Lenar, Jacques; (2011) "Sociology of Literature and its Various Branches", An Introduction to the Sociology of Literature, translated by Mohammad Jafar Poyandeh, Tehran: Naghsh Jahan.
9. Rahimian, Shahram; (2001) Dr. Noon loves his wife more than Mossadegh, Tehran: Niloufar Publications.
10. Razmjou, Hossein; (1993) Literary Genres & their effects in Persian Language, Tehran: Astan Ghods Razavi.
11. Rousseau, Jean Jacques; (1969) Confessions, translated by Behrouz Behzad, second edition, Tehran: Farrokhi Press Institute.
12. Sheikhrezaei, Hossein; (2006) Criticism and Analysis of Selected Stories of Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, Tehran: Roozgar Publishing.
B) Articles
13. Amini, Ali Akbar; (2002) "Discourse of Political Literature in the Years 1971-78", Journal of Political-Economic Information, No. 185 and 186, p. 122-137.
14. Askari, Abolfazl; (2005) "Mossadegh and the coup d'etat of 19 August in Bozorg Alavi’s narrative", Hafez Magazine, No. 15, p. 13-15.
15. Biniaz, Fathollah; (2002) "Why we do not have confessional literature in Iran", Nagreh Magazine: Criticism of Fiction (Third Book), First Edition, Tehran: Farhang Kavosh Publications.
16. Gorgy, Mostafa; (2012) "The First Political Story after the Islamic Revolution, a Discourse Study and Analysis of the Story of “Cell 18” by Aliashraf Darvishian”, Journal of Literary Criticism, No. 18, p. 71-98.
17. Habibi, Mojtaba; (2006) "Confessions: one of the first Autobiographies ", Journal of Fiction, No. 104, p. 59-64.
18. Kaden, J.A.; (2001) Culture of Literature and Criticism, translated by Kazem Firoozmand, first edition, Tehran: Shadegan.
19. Malekian, Mostafa; (2002) A Path toward Liberation: Discussions on Rationality and Spirituality, Second Edition, Tehran: Negah Moaser Publishing.
20. Mirabedini, Hassan; (2008) One Hundred Years of Iranian Fiction, Fifth Edition, Volume 2, Tehran: Cheshmeh Publishing.
21. Mirsadeghi, Jamal; (2010) Novel Writing Guide, First Edition, Tehran: Sokhan Publications.
22. Qasemzadeh, Seyed Ali and Mostafa Gorji; (2011) "Critical Discourse Analysis of Dr. Noon Loves His Wife More than Mossadegh", Journal of Literary Studies, No. 17, p. 33-64.
C) Latin sources
23. Radeston, Sunannah; (1989) The womanʼs Room: Woman and the Confessional mode, Ph.D Thesis, Joint School of Film and Literature, Warwick University.