تحليل بينامتني روايت اسطوره اي سالمرگي

Inter-Textual Analysis of Mythological Narration in "Salmargi"

Myths are among those mass narratives which are constantly reconstructed, recreated, or reprocessed in a variety of forms due to their interconnection with archetypes and symbols. One of the best grounds for the emergence of mythsʹ manifestations in the contemporary era is in the form of novel. Surely, the tight link and mutual requisiteness of fiction with the worldʹs new events, added to the narrative features of novel and the potential of this contemporary fictional form in the reflection of diverse subjects and tastes, methods, manners, styles, that is in addition to the display of the common and popular thoughts, beliefs and discourses in the society, all together made the structure and narrative elements of novel become the most vast ground for the emergence and manifestation of myths or even hinting to them. The aforementioned approach in novelists who base their work on myths, paves the way for the inter-textual analysis of mythological novels as they use and reflect myths; which is due to the attention they pay to conceptual indications and the intended symbolical myths in the mind. The recreation of myths in the form of narratives in the new era should be considered one of the prominent elements in the deep influence of postmodernism literature. In this relation, the present article intends to analyze "Salmargi", with an inter-textual approach joined with narrative analysis. "Salmargi" is an Iranian post-modern fiction which has been shaped with two major and key mythological themes; one is the opposition of "life and death" in the form of mythological narratives of killing-the-son and the other "sacrifice"; with emphasize on the innocence and meekness of the heroes. While the major narration of the story is devoted to the Imposed War or rather influenced by it, "Salmargi" counts as one of the first postmodern experiences of the Iranian novelists about war.