A Review of the Relationship between Imaginative Elements (Simile and Metaphor) with the Theme of the Novel "Suvashun"

One of the most successful female writers in contemporary Persian literature is Simin Daneshvar who could compose and provide our country's literature with fine and great works due to her personal style. Suvashun is his most important and successful work which has attracted many readers since its first publication. Her works, particularly Suvashun, has ever been studied from different aspects. Using a descriptive-analytical method, the present paper seeks to review the relationship between imaginative elements (simile and metaphor) and the theme of the work by providing some examples. Simile and metaphor as two key elements are used by Simin Daneshvar to develop the theme of Suvashun. Similes and metaphors are mentioned, their relationship with the theme is analytically discussed, and the author's aims in using them are explained, respectively. Using similes and metaphors, Daneshvar has mostly tried to describe or interpret people, scenes, spirits, manners and characters. Therefore, her images are mostly direct, clear and plain. These images and descriptions have made the prose of the novel poetic to some extent.