A Study of Duration in Episodes of Kelileh & Demneh

Time analysis in narratology is concerned with three topics: order, duration, and frequency. Duration is the ratio of the duration of the story to the time length of narration, which occurs in three forms: isochronous presentation, acceleration, and deceleration. Besides duration, one can find traces of these three forms in order and frequency. Kelileh & Demneh by Nasrollah Monshi, is well-known as an expatiated work because of the technical style of its prose. Reviewing the episodes of this literary work based on acceleration and deceleration factors shows that from among the three forms of duration, acceleration has the largest share. So Kelileh & Demneh, in spite of having a technical prose style, has maintained a kind of conciseness and balance in its style, too.