The emergence of nation-states in the Middle East during the early decades of the 20th century is more or less parallel to the emergence of a new narrative discourse, namely the novel. The present work provides an analysis of the rise of the Persian and Kurdish novel, using as its background specific definitions and theories of the novel and its emergence. Considering the novel as an originally European genre, the study looks at the different prerequisites for its emergence in the Middle East, particularly in the Persian and Kurdish context. The study investigates the emergence of the novel...
The emergence of nation-states in the Middle East during the early decades of the 20th century is more or less parallel to the emergence of a new narr...
