Peer Gynt: Its Genesis and Perspectives

Peer Gynt is one of Ibsen's most controversial plays that verges on epic and satire. Unfortunately, it has not had an Iranian readership because its Persian translation has been, so far, non-existent. The author, who is also the translator of the play (due in winter 2005), discusses the genesis of the drama and explains its socio-cultural implications. Peer Gynt has had a great share in rebuilding the Norwegian identity; however, the author contends that Ibsen he also taunts his compatriot's cultural deficiencies with a bitter but constructive satire. The author also reads the play as a mock epic in modern European literature, a fact that gives the play newer socio-cultural perspectives.