Magic Realism in the Works of Gholamhussein Sâedi

Magic realism is a modern literary style that, it seems, Gholamhussein Sâedi has experienced in Iran before anyone else. In some of his works, including story and drama, the creation of imaginary beings and the transformation of characters have been used more than any other characteristic of magic realism. Some aspects of this style are reflected in his prominent works such as Azadarane Bayal, Moloos Korpus, Ashofteh Halane Bidar Khab and Tars va larz. Among these aspects is the presence of heterogeneous elements, especially exotic creatures combined of man and animal, in his works. In this paper, for the first time, various kinds of these creatures and human transformations are studied in terms of this style. It seems that the writer used this style because of the hard political and social conditions of intellectualism in 30's, 40's and 50's.