From Sociology to Literature: A Critical Analysis of the Book “An Exploration of the Sociology of Literature”

The present paper aims to critically analyze the book “An Exploration of the Sociology of Literature” written by Farhang Ershad. It was found that the book’s content is not reliable because of the lack of deep knowledge of literary terms, the mixing of literary theories and schools, and the lack of adequate understanding of literary movements, styles, and types. This is especially true, given the fact that it is published as a textbook. For the above reasons, some of the sociologically-related literary theories and movements were disregarded. The works under study were not properly chosen because of the lack of a deep understanding of literary works. In some cases, the reasons for the discussion of the sociological issues in literature were not provided, and even some preliminary key literary questions, such as literary genres in the sociology of literature, remained unanswered. Different mistakes about literary issues indicated that the author has not benefited from literary advice in doing the research.