Sociological Study of Village Phobia in Fictional Literature of Iran

Zahra Mohammadi

Abstract

This article aims at studying village phobiain Iranian fictional literature and its sociopolitical roots. In doing so, some Iranian stories about villages and villagers were selected and analyzed based on Goldman's theory. This study is a documentary one, done by content analysis method. Samples include five stories during the period from 1343 (1964) to 1377 (1998). The rsults of study indicate that, there is a negative preconception about village and rural culture that has been found in Iranian fictional literature. These include highlighting the villagers' superstitious beliefs, and despicable and abnormal events. The village image revealed during the study period is a distorted and abnormal image that creates a repulsion impact about the village in the reader.

Keywords: Village, Phobia, Fiction Literature, Rural Sociology

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