A look at the war novel of the 60s

Document Type : مروری

Abstract

The way the authors of the war novels of the 60s look at the phenomenon of war, as well as the content of these novels, indicates the existence of three viewpoints and tendencies in favor, opposition, and neutral, or the "third view" towards war, which has appeared in the fiction literature, especially the novels of this decade. Writers in favor of the war are mainly young and novice writers who have become more inclined towards writing after the revolution. The main purpose of these authors and their stories is to praise the stability and defense of the homeland, to stimulate and strengthen the spirit of bravery and to fulfill the ideological mission and defend the revolutionary and Islamic values ​​in relation to war. Among these works, we can mention the novel "Headless Palms" by Qasim-Ali Ferasat. Writers against the war are mainly veteran and experienced writers who started writing years before the revolution. This group of writers do not value the war and usually do not enter the war front and mostly focus on the war of the cities, migration and its negative consequences in the individual and social life of the people. Among these works, we can mention the novel "Winter of 1362" by Ismail Fasih. Neutral writers or "Third View" are a smaller group of writers of the 60s who have addressed the issue of war in some of their works and in fact far from denying or taking sides, they have only reported it. Among these works, we can mention the novel "Scorched Earth" by Ahmad Mahmoud. Among the characteristics of the war novels of the 60s, we can mention such things as the fact that the story is based on events, the influence of the characters from the Ashura culture, the lack of artistic attention and the events being just reportive, the lack of conflict and horror, the presence of repetitive patterns, and the presence of traces of disturbances caused by the Revolution. 

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