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CHALAK S. Carnivalism in Iranian folk tales. LIRE 2022; 19 (75) :7-12
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Mikhail Bakhtin considered popular literature to be the most suitable field for the emergence of carnival thinking. The distinctive feature of this thought is the disruption of the dominant discourse on traditional literature through the transformation of language and values in literary works. This article tries to analyze Iranian folk tales from this point of view. For this purpose, seven collections of Iranian folk tales have been analyzed in a descriptive-analytical way. The prominent features of carnival literature, such as freely raising issues related to the material life of human life Like eating, drinking, birth, marriage, and finally death as a natural process of life - and not a tragic and catastrophic thing - are important elements of carnival and grotesque thinking, which are discussed in this essay. The result of this research shows how different personality types are in conflict with each other in the stories, and with the transformation of superior and inferior levels, the discourse of dominance collapses. In these narrations, by breaking the norms of power in the society, the possibility of multi-voices is provided in the stories, which is one of the distinct characteristics of carnival literature. Also, the use of free language, without moral restrictions, which includes unusual words, profanity, and unusual words, helps to create a humorous atmosphere of the carnival.
Article Type: Original Research |
Subject:
Popular literature
Received: 2020/07/14 | Accepted: 2021/06/14 | Published: 2022/04/30
Received: 2020/07/14 | Accepted: 2021/06/14 | Published: 2022/04/30
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