A Sociological Study on the Use of Ideological System in Child and Adolescent Fiction (A Case Study on the Works of Hushang Moradi Kermani)

Literary works intended for children and adolescents is one of the most extensive parts of any nation’s literature that holds an important role in preparing them enter the society. In this regard, religious and cultural institutions - particularly in Islamic societies - are among the most fundamental ones which have attracted especial attentions in children and adolescents fiction. This study has been accomplished to provide a better understanding of the methods have been used to introduce the ideological system and its reflection in child and adolescent fiction, thus, it has been tried to study this reflection, through a descriptive-analytic method and on the basis of Talcott Parson's theory of "structural Functionalism", in selected works of Hushang Moradi Kermani who is one of the most prominent Iranian authors of fiction for children and adolescents. The ideological system of selected fiction works have been studied, in present study, in two general formats: 1) Religious institutions, and 2) Folk beliefs. The results show that religious-cultural institutions, as one of the important fundamental institutions of the society, have been reflected in the works and religious issues stand at the center of author's attention due to the Islamic culture of Iranian society.