The study of the characteristics of Dehkhoda's journalistic prose

Upon the victory of Constitutional Revolution, journalism came out of the monopoly of the court, and its adorned style soon fell out of favor. In this way at the same time that language as a means of power was set free from the influence of the court, freedom of speech began its short illuminating period. Dehkhoda who was regarded as one of the key literary figures of his time, in his political struggle, resorted to language and writing. He introduced in his prose variety of language genres that existed in that social climate and set it against the unique language of the Court. Taking advantage of the colloquial language, he removed the gap that existed for centuries between the written and spoken language and in this way paved the way for simplifying the Farsi writing style. This article is concerned with the study of Dehkhoda’s journalistic prose style and it demonstrates the different styles he has employed in his fight through the language.