War Fiction Main Approach (1980-2005)
Subject Areas : Research in Iranian classical literature
Keywords: Fiction War Fiction Literature Criticism,
Abstract :
Types of attitude toward war and also toward the themes, main characters and….. are of four approaches, namely the value oriented, society oriented, critic oriented and human oriented; these approaches in literature have created war fiction. In the value-oriented approach the defence, protecting country, and the war are the focal points of the story tellers. The story tellers’ main purposes are promoting the heroship, feeling ideology-oriented reponsibility and protecting Islamic and Revolutionary values. The society oriented procedure reflects the war calamities and its effects on the people life and society. The minor and social issues and its devastating image are put on the sharp focus and its impacts on the people life and the cities and villages in which the family bases are changed. Critics oriented approaches deals with the uncertainty in the war and criticizes it. The story tellers’ view toward the war is negative and mostly is focused on the cities. Human oriented approach deals with human in war and the war generated by him regarding the human dignified value.