Symbol in modern Persian short story (stories from 1961 to 1978)

  Persian short story in the period from 1340 to 1357, (according to the published works and the opinion of literature researchers), has seen the most "modern stories"; To the extent that this period should be considered as "modern Persian short story period". The type of worldview and expression of modern fiction writers is such that their works are often not clear and explicit, accompanied by ambiguities; For this reason, it is important for the modern writer to use different techniques for expression, one of the most important of which is the "symbolization" technique. Considering the importance of "symbol" in the modern Persian short story, especially in the period from 1340 to 1357, we have investigated and symbolically analyzed the works of four authors, representing four intellectual spectrums.

These investigations were carried out by referring to references and books of social sciences, psychology, semiotics, symbology, etc.; During which the works of Ebrahim Golestan representing mental-psychological stories, the works of Ghazaleh Alizadeh representing mystical stories, the works of Bahram Sadeghi representing social-bitter humor stories, and the works of Ebrahim Rahbar representing urban-climate stories have been examined. ; This review includes the analysis of 7 books and 68 stories.

According to the reviews, tables and analytical statistics presented in the appendix of the article, it should be said that the frequency of using "symbol" in modern short stories is wide. Basically, modern short stories, due to their brevity and ambiguities, are a suitable place for giving birth to symbols.

The more introspective the modern short story is, the higher the frequency of the symbol in it; This is why the modern mystical stories of Ghazaleh Alizadeh contain the most symbolic stories. With this reasoning, the mental and psychological stories of Ebrahim Golestan have used the symbol to a significant extent. In many works of Bahram Sadeghi, we are faced with the symbolization of the author, according to the space of the story. Ebrahim Rahbar does less symbolism in two books that have descriptive and extroverted works; But in his other work, the theme of which is the conflict with the hardships of an employee"s life in Tehran, he has used the symbol technique more.