The Existentialism School Features in Mostafa Mastoor's Stories

Existentialism means "authenticity of existence" or "primacy of being". This school was founded by Soren Kierkegaard in the 1830s, although its backgrounds were already in use. The primacy of being on nature, responsibility, freedom, apprehension, choice... is a feature of this school. In Existentialism, human is stranger, because it is not been made of nature. He does not have innate features and creates his own nature. The first purpose of existentialism is a stranger man, because he is not made of nature. They are left in a place that is neither of their genders nor made for them. The first purpose of existentialism is to make a man aware of his identity and make him responsible for his own existence and the existence of all human beings. He must make his own destiny with free choice. Existentialism in Iran in the 1940s and 1950s fell on Sayyed Ahmed Fardid and Ali Shariati's efforts. Mostafa Mastoor is one of the famous contemporary story writers. His first literary work, The Two Eyes of Wet House, in 1369, and his first story, Love on the Pavement, was published in 1377. In Mastoor's stories which mostly result in Soren Kierkegaard's faith thoughts especially Kiss the Lovely Face of God and Pig’s Bone and Leper’s Hands, and some of the existentialism features such as the authenticity of existence, loneliness, lust, anxiety, pessimism, and so on which are discussed in this article.