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This research conducts a comparative analysis of the elements of postmodernism and the Isfahani regional school in Mohammad Rahim Ahoot's novel Names and Shadows. By examining these two literary movements, the study identifies the author's conceptual frameworks within the text, which occasionally conflict with conventional ethical norms. In the postmodern era, where identity is internalized and grounded in personal awareness, traditional moral principles often lose their former validity. Ahoot (1925-2021) employs three historical periods—Qajar, Pahlavi, and the Islamic Revolution—as the narrative backdrop to challenge historical relativism, social hierarchies, and collective sentiments.
Using a descriptive-analytical methodology, the findings reveal that postmodern elements such as polyphony, the collapse of grand narratives, and moral relativism emerge in a moderated form under the influence of the Isfahani school. The fusion of regional elements (local myths, the urban geography of Isfahan) with postmodern narrative techniques results in a distinctly Iranian expression of modernity. Furthermore, the parallel fates of characters across three historical periods are interpreted as a postmodern critique of cyclical historical patterns in Iranian society. This study illuminates the dialectic between "localism" and "globalism" in contemporary Iranian literature while demonstrating how the Isfahani school redefines global postmodern paradigms within a native framework.
Using a descriptive-analytical methodology, the findings reveal that postmodern elements such as polyphony, the collapse of grand narratives, and moral relativism emerge in a moderated form under the influence of the Isfahani school. The fusion of regional elements (local myths, the urban geography of Isfahan) with postmodern narrative techniques results in a distinctly Iranian expression of modernity. Furthermore, the parallel fates of characters across three historical periods are interpreted as a postmodern critique of cyclical historical patterns in Iranian society. This study illuminates the dialectic between "localism" and "globalism" in contemporary Iranian literature while demonstrating how the Isfahani school redefines global postmodern paradigms within a native framework.
Keywords: Mohammad Rahim Ahoot, Names and Shadows, postmodernism, Isfahani regional school, historical narrative, contemporary fiction
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