Reading and Reading Related Elements in Persian vs non-Persian Translated Fictions

Exploring reading related elements in fictions published in Iran between 2011 and 2016.

Descriptive content analysis carried out for thirty-four of the highest print run titles, both original or translated into Persian. Reading related included reading elements included words such as reading, book, bookcase, library, librarian, bookshop, and bookseller. Data is gathered using a checklist.

791 codes were identified 234 of which belonged to the Persian and the rest (557 codes) the translated titles. The words "book" and "bookseller" found to have the highest and the lowest frequency in Persian fictions accordingly. The word "bookcase" had the lowest frequency among the translated fictions.

The presence of the reading elements in both groups of works is not acceptable. Overall, the translated titles contained more reading related elements.