A structural study of Kelidarbased on Bermond Theory

Structural studies of literary works, which seek to examine the inner textual elements and to discover their connections, provide the grounds for better understanding the essence of literature and by presenting the devices of creating excellent literature can help us to expand the patterns of processing a literary work. A number of structural critics have dealt with the narrative forms by studying fiction elements and their combination rules. Among them C. Bermond has put forward a scheme based upon a formative exhibition which stands upon the ways of connection among the smallest units of fiction. Kelidar is a long novel with detailed and inter-mingled text formed by numerous events and themes. For a structural study of this novel, it is essential that an overall scheme of the novel be made first. In the analysis of the novel, the characters become impotent in proportion to their participation in the chain of events and also their role in creating climaxes. The importance of a realist novel like Kelidar lies in the complete sequences, their arrangement and cause-effect relation among them. The number of the main sequences is usually related to the number of climaxes. Within the novel, every character performs their role in numerous sequences but not all of them have a focal position in building the main construction. So Kelidar is a novel of logical composition of pivotal sequences which stand in a meaningful relation with secondary and minor sequences. The number of characters is affected by such factors as subject, general atmosphere, number of main narratives, sound construction of narratives, and their purposeful interrelationship.