Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• roghaye daryakenari ¹
• Ali Akbar Atrafi ²
• Hossein Faghihi ³

¹ PhD in Persian Language and Literature

² Assistant Professor, Allameh Tabatabaee University

³ Associate Professor, Al-Zahra University

Abstract

There are some primary models in real life of each author, which on some levels motivate his mind to create an artwork. Through using these primary models and his imaginative mind, the author creates characters. In this study, the prototypes of two novels, i.e. ‘Zemestan62’by Ahmad Mahmoud and ‘Zamin Soukhte’ by Ismael Fasih, will be specified in a descriptive-analytical method. Firstly, the main and minor characters will be identified and structurally analyzed. Then the type of prototypes will be specified and compared with each other. Results show that Ismael Fasih created his characters in ‘Zemestan62’by using ‘classified’ and ‘private life’ prototypes. Ahmad Mahmoud, on the other hand, in creating his characters in ‘Zamin Soukhte’ used ‘classified’ and ‘historical’ prototype. Both authors in creating story characters used ‘leveled prototyped’ with the difference that they have chosen different social groups of people. ‘Fasih’ in his ‘Zemestan62’used ‘intellectual’ and ‘educated’ social class people. On the other hand, Mahmoud illustrated ‘vulnerable groups of the society’ during war time. They have tried to illustrate social, political, economic, and mental qualities of these classes in their characters.
 
 
 

Keywords

• Prototype
• Novel
• War
• Zemestan 62
• Zamin Soukhteh