Gothic elements and components in the stories of Sadegh Hedayat

Document Type : Scientific Research

Authors

PHD. student - Department of Persian language and literature - faculty of Humanities sciences-Semnan university- Semnan

Abstract

The Gothic term adjectival that refers to the trait (Gothic), a Germanic emigrant migrated from northern Europe to the southern coast of the Baltic Sea; first it was originally referred to as a particular style of architecture with features that were expressed by clumsy and horror. Between 1760 to 1820, the Gothic was named of the genre in writing stories. The literary environments of this type of literature are usually ruins of ruins and abandoned basements, cemeteries and dark spaces that are less voluminous. The writers of these stories cover the minds of readers with delusions and mysteries by placing their characters in their work and creating anxiety and horror, along with spatial and detailed descriptions and abnormal and imaginative events. The characters of these works are usually unbalanced, psychologically and sometimes criminal, who by their actions imprison themselves in the reader's sake, for the same reason, these stories have the ability to turn into stories after a break up. Criminal- be a detective. One of the prominent Iranian story writers who created the imaginative and melancholic and terrifying space in his works, is honest guiding that this profile can be seen in most of his stories. In this content analysis study, we review the elements and components in the author's stories using library resources.