A Comparative Study of the Theme of War in Journey to the End of the Night and Winter 62

Louis-Ferdinand Céline and Esmail Fasih are among the greatest writers in French and Persian literatures. The language of Celine and his cynical view of man attracted the attention of many writers in different countries around the world to his works, especially to Journey to the End of the Night. In Iran, the influence of Céline on Persian authors, such as Jalal Al-e Ahmad, has been studied. This article aims to conduct a comparative study between Céline's Journey to the End of the Night and Fasih's Winter 62. In this article, the theme of war has been studied in the two works based on the principles of American school and applying François Jost's theory of "similarities without communication" in Comparative Literature. The findings of this study indicate that these two novels match each other in some aspects such as the satirical language, presence of the same hero in all novels, narrative type, symbolic titles, etc. Appreciation of the martyrs, martyrdom and sacrifice for the homeland are the differences between the two stories. The Iranian novel is rooted in the IslamicIranian culture.