Ideational dual constructions of hope and hopelessnessin relation to social developments in the novel"Yekoliaa va tanhaayi-e ou"

Hope and hopelessness are the most important characteristics of humans, which are in close relationship with fortunes and misfortunes of life. There are numerous theories in different fields such as philosophy, ethics, psychology, social sciences, etc about this duo.Hope and hopelessness are dialectical with each other and suffering as a representation of hopelessness is a background for the birth of hope.This dual has two individual and social dimensions that are directly related to each other.The individual is as a society; Thus, individual hope or hopelessness and even philosophical despair is often influenced by social status.Given the human is the main subject of the novel, the representation of hope or hopelessness in the novel can be investigated."Yekoliaa va tanhaayi-e ou" by Taghi Modarresi is one of the first allegorical novels after the 1953 coup d'état in Iran, which indirectly tries to represent the conditions of Iranian society.The present paper using descriptive-analytical method deals with the dual analysis of hope and hopelessness and its ideational constructions in this work; assuming that although the hopelessness of the novel is discourse, there is a kind of hope in it.Therefore, "Yekoliaa va tanhaayi-e ou" can be viewed from the hope’s perspective and not consider it as a mere reflection of despair and failure.