| Abstrakt: |
The emergence of the imported literary genre of novel in Iran needs to be discussed from different points of view. With regard to the chronological proximity of the emergence of the Persian novel and the Persian serial novel in Iran, it seems that discussing the factors influential in the emergence of the Persian serial novel is important in clarifying other dimensions of the emergence of the Persian novel. The main question is "what kinds of impact did the non-novel forms, published in Iranian press from the beginning to 1922, have on the emergence of the Persian novel?". To find an answer, the serial forms published in the period in question have been studied drawing on the poly-system theory and Watt's theory of formal realism. The corpus of the study was examined for the six main elements of the realist novel, including the plot, realistic descriptions, character, time, place, and language. Next, the relationship between those six elements and most types of non-novel, including historical, travelogue, biographical, and scientific serial novels, was examined. Considering the existence of these elements in the above-mentioned serial novels, it is possible to conclude that each one of them were influential in the emergence of the Persian novel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
