Iranian Literature after the Islamic Revolution: Production and Circulation in Iran and the World

Laetitia Nanquette

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2021

Iranian Literature after the Islamic Revolution

Production and Circulation in Iran and the World

Laetitia Nanquette

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474486408

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Analyses contemporary Iranian literature in both Iran and its diaspora, in relation to the social, economic and political fields

Explores the literary relations between Iran and the world, including its large diaspora, with a global framework
Based on 15 years of fieldwork and travels in Iran, with unique interviews, data collection and participant observation
Offers innovative theorisation of post-revolutionary Iranian literature on the margins of the world literary system

In this critical analysis, Laetitia Nanquette explores how Iranian literature has functioned and circulated from the 1979 revolution to the present. She looks at prose productions in particular, analysing several genres and media.

Taking Iran as a starting point, Nanquette explores the forms, structures and functions of Iranian literature within Iranian society. She then turns to the diaspora – with a focus on North America, Western Europe and Australia – and the world beyond Iranians to examine the current dynamics of literary production and circulation between Iranian diasporic spaces and the homeland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Note on Permissions Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Note on Translation and Transliteration Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1 The Literary Field within Iran
1. Forms and Genres in Contemporary Iranian Literature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2. Digital Literature: The Importance of the Medium Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
3. The Iranian Literary Field: An Overview Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
4. Book Production within Iran: A Look at the Numbers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
5. Iranian Children’s Literature: A Success Story Nationally and Globally Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
Part 2 The Literary Field in the Diaspora
6. Iran and the Diaspora: Irreconcilable Divisions? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
7. Translation and Reception in the US and France Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
8. Iranian Writers in Australia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
9. Post-revolutionary Iranian Literature in the World and in the Persian Cultural System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Afterword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 312
Illustrations
- Other: 19 B/W illustrations 3 B/W tables
Keywords: Islamic Studies

eBook

Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9781474486408