Iranain Pulp Fiction, Essence, Functions and Developments

Pulp fiction which deals with the mass of people’s tastes is an important subject in cultural studies. This article first discusses the features of Iranian pulp fiction. Pros and cons, functions, reasons of people’s interest, women and pulp fiction, form and content features, and difference with foreign pulp fiction, are among the investigated issues. Finally, cultural studies consideration of pulp fiction is explained. The results showed that femininity, romantic orientation, simplicity of prose, linear narrative, and happy ending have been identified as basic features of Iranian pulp fiction, and on the basis of these a final definition of Iranian pulp fiction is given.