A Study on the Relation of Closet Drama with Iranian Drama of 1332-1357 by Applying Martin Puchner's Elements of Diegetic Drama in a play by Saedi: " Eye for an Eye"

Martin Puchner, contemporary German critic, is a prominent figure in modern drama studies. Achieving certain elements of diegetic dramas is his best accomplishment, which can be applied for other dramatic systems. In this research we have studied the relation of Iranian drama of 1332-1357 with closet dramas by using these elements. In order to do that, first the concepts of mimesis and diegesis are defined. Then we focused on the relation of modernism with theatre which intrinsically is a mimetic art. Through this contradiction, we have come to closet dramas which are decoded by Puchner. Then the relation of Iranian drama of 1332-1357 is discussed with closet dramas. As national drama generated in this period, it is historically important. Also, drama was influenced by political conditions of coup d’etat of 28th of Mordad, which is in relation with the structure of closet dramas. To discuss this assumption, a play by Saedi is analyzed to show that drama of this period is an appropriate structure for cultivating closet dramas.