Analysis of social criticism in nineteenth-century caricatures

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 phd student in persian literature ghaemshahrazad university

2 Assistant Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Ghaemshahr Azad University

10.29252/kavosh.2021.15088.2913

Abstract

A critical view of society, is one of the components of social commitment in Persian literature.
Introducing intellectuals acquaintance with western political and social developments during the constitutional period, and the emergence of social symbolism in the Nima era, strengthened the socialist view literature. . meanwhile, writing caricature (Karikalmator) is also an ilustrator of social truths such as despair and hope, love and hate, afflication and happiness, and so on. In fact, authors of writing caricature have converted this literary current to an arena for expression of social emotions, and have put the tast of explanatory, criticism, and disclosure on it's shoulders.
This study aims to investigate the use of social criticism in creating a humorous atmosphere by examining the caricatures of the nineties.
By examining the collections of Abbas Golkar , sohrab Gol Hashem, Mohammad Ali Azadikkah and Amir Khosh vagti, the autors have ananlyzed Scial criticism in terms of poverty and inflation, censorship, closed society, social silence, destruction of nature, moral decadence bribery and lawlessness.
According to the results, the frequency of social criticis in the caricatures of the nineties are: Golkar (33%), Khosh vagti (30%), Azadikhah (32%) and Golhashem (19%), respectively.
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Journal of Kavoshnameh in Persian Language and Literature
Volume 22, Issue 51
March 2022
Pages 201-229

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