The Adaptation of Characterization in the Novels and Traditional Paintings of Contemporary Iran (with Emphasis on the Works of Bijan Najdi and Mohammad Baqer Agha Miri)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Persian Language and Literature, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan Branch, Zahedan Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan Branch, Zahedan, Iran.

3 Associate professor at Department of Persian Language and Literature, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan Branch, Zahedan, Iran.

Abstract

 Character is the most central foundation of any story that plays an imperative role in conveying the plot and theme of the story; hence a story revolves around character and no story is formed without it. Bijan Najdi is one of the great novelists of the contemporary period that the novel "Cheetahs who ran with me" is one of his most famous and enduring novels in Persian literature, which has a lot of eloquence and rhetoric. In the art of painting, one of the subjects is considered by the characters and related issues, and Mohammad Baqer Aghamiri, one of the contemporary painters, beholds works in this field. In this research, based on descriptive-analytical method, personality types in terms of structure, characterization methods, perspective, time and manifestations used externally and internally of the characters have been analyzed. The findings of the research indicate that Bijan Najdi's novel is character-oriented and its greatest emphasis is on the main characters of the stories. In terms of characterization methods, the author has benefited more from the indirect method. The majority of the main characters in this novel are static characters. The adaptation of this type of characterization to the works of Mohammad Baqer Aghamiri shows the similarities in terms of attention to personality and its dimensions.
Research aims:
1. A study of the diverse aspects of characterization in Bijan Najdi's novel.
2. Adaptation of characterization in Bijan Najdi's novel and traditional contemporary painting with emphasis on the works of Mohammad Baqer Aghamiri.
Research questions:
1. What is the role and place of characterization in Bijan Najdi's novels?
2. What are the features of characterization in traditional Iranian contemporary novels and paintings?

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Islamic Art Studies
Volume 17, Issue 39 - Serial Number 39
December 2020
Pages 451-470

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