Existential thought in "Water Flames" by Morteza Mardiha

Document Type : Research Paper

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Ph.D. in literature and Persian language of Ilam University

10.29252/kavosh.2023.19189.3330

Abstract

Existentialism is one of the most important philosophies of the "existential" today. Issues such as the meaning of life, death and suffering. This philosophy is worthy of attention due to the importance it attaches to the position of man and considers him the owner of the power of will and creativity. Existentialist philosophy is more telling on plays and novels than philosophical treatises. In this research, relying on the descriptive-analytical method, the reflection of this philosophy is investigated in "Water Flames" by "Morteza Mardiha". The arrangement of the subjects is such that it explains the gradual course of the author-narrator's thoughts, from the thought of death that is the result of man's encounter with the truth of existence, then the painful awakening of the character of the story, which arose from this self-awareness, to how to believe in God as eternal consciousness. It illuminates the world and romantic union with him because it is the only way to achieve spiritual and physical immortality. In this research, the final attempt is to introduce and explain the existentialist structure in the novel "In Flames of Water" by Morteza Mardiha, according to which the ethical, moral, and faith approaches of each of them are intertwined in the fabric of the work

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