The Challenges of Romanticism and Realism in the Story of “Her Eyes” by Bozorg Alavi

The story of “Her Eyes” is the most famous work of Bozorg Alavi. His publicity relies mostly on attractiveness of this story and in spite of passing many years since its first publication, its real content and eloquent expression has attracted many readers. In this story, Alavi provides sufficient space for illustration of his characters historical, social events and mental and psychological involvements. Real and tangible representation of his period historical events led Alavi to transfer his revolutionary thoughts through the story. The story affective and emotional themes provide the possibility of acting as a mirror for reflecting those days’ social and political conditions. For Alavi, the art aesthetics relies in expression of the human inner feeling and external point of view of his thoughts. The first-person point of view culminates the reader’s inclusiveness from realities and emotions so that the narrator finds himself in an intimate dialogue and confabulation with the reader. This article has tried to investigate Bozorg Alavi style in this story from different perspectives and depict the place of his style elements in expanding the imageries and realities and combining some of the expressive rules and styles of romanticism and realism.