Poetik der Iranischen Revolution von 1978–1979 im Roman Die ersten Tage der Welt (2019) von Salem Khalfani
Poetics of the Iranian Revolution of 1978–1979 in the novel Die ersten Tage der Welt (2019) by Salem Khalfani

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to examine how given literary devices correspond with the fatalistic portrayal of the Iranian Revolution of 1978–1979 in Salem Khalfani’s novel Die ersten Tage der Welt. The fatalism, regarded as a social necessity and dependence of the drives, is emphasised by the theatrum mundi metaphor as well as the similes comparing the revolutionary events with the dynamic processes which can be found in the world of nature. The outcomes of the revolution are, however, connected with the poetics of lifelessness. Underneath the manifested layer of the novel, which emphasises the fatalism, there is also a covert layer of the text, which suggests that the narrator may be rationalising and denying any guilt for taking part in such a destructive mass event.

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