Journal of Children's Literature Studies

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Comparing Parvin Dowlatabadi’s Children’s and Adults’ Poetry Based on the Idea of “the Implied Reader”

Zahra Aghababaii khuzani; Hosein Masjedi; Samane Abedi dolat abadi

Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 1-22

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.40536.2012

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Parvin Dowlatabadi has written remarkable poems both for children and for adults. She is one of the few poets whose poems have had a permanent place in textbooks in the recent 60 years. ... Read More

Research Paper

Ahmad’s Phallocentric Adventure: A Psychoanalytical Reading of the Picturebook, The Story of Ahmad and the Clock

Amin Izadpanah

Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 23-40

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.47988.1999

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The objective of this article is to undertake a psychoanalytical analysis of The Story of Ahmad and the Clock, an Iranian picturebook, drawing upon Sigmund Freud's psychosexual theory ... Read More

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Investigating the Narrative Mental Space Blending in Children's Novels: A Case Study of Farhad Hassanzadeh’s Biz… Biz… Business

Sara Poorfarah; Mohamad javad Mahdavy; Samira Bameshki

Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 41-60

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.48647.2013

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In this article, the Narrative Mental Spaces Blending model (NMSB-model) has been applied on a long story for the first time. As a case study, the children’ novel Biz Biz ... Read More

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Children Audiences on a Horizon Beyond the Story: A Reflection on the Stories which Direct the Attention of Children toward the Mistakes of the Fictional Character

Hamid Reza Tavakoli

Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 61-78

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.47748.1994

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This article examines those children's stories that present the events to the young audience in a particular way; as a result, the audience finds him/herself as more intelligent and ... Read More

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An Analysis of the Myth of the Abandoned Child in the Folktale “Zarraban” with an Emphasis on Its Similarities and Differences with the story of “Zaal” in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh

Azim Jabbareh Naserou

Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 79-92

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.46663.1973

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AbstractThe myth of the abandoned child is a frequent motif in the ancient myths and legends of nations. One of the most famous written narratives on this subject in Iran is the story ... Read More

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An Analysis of Two Stories by Susan Taqdis, “At the Deep Bottom of the Well” and “The Shadow which Had No Head, No Tail, And Even No Body” from the Perspective of Directional Conceptual Metaphor

Omid Zakerikish; Shiva Alirezaee Qarneh

Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 93-110

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2023.47263.1983

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Conceptual metaphor as a discourse in cognitive semantic studies was first introduced by Lakoff and Johnson. The directional conceptual metaphor, among all metaphors of that sort, tends ... Read More

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Techniques of Humor in the Children’s Stories “Haza al-Tanbouri and al-Arands” by Kamel al-Kilani and “The Demon with a Pot on Its Head and Bon Appétit Mr. Goat” by Farhad Hassanzadeh

Isa Zare Dorniani; Mohammad Moradi; Ghorbanali Ebrahimi

Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 111-128

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2023.47823.1997

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Humor is an artistic way of expressing goals and includes techniques that have been prominently used in contemporary Arabic and Persian literature by many writers. Among the satirists, ... Read More

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Pathology of Folktales for Preschool Children

Maryam Sharifnasab

Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 129-146

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2023.47715.1993

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Fairy tales have always attracted the attention of children due to their heartwarming narrative structure and style. Throughout history, adult narrators have used the capacity of fairy ... Read More

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A Correctional Center in the Amusement Park: A Critique of the Place of Imagination in Children’s Cinema

Zahra Saberi Tabrizi

Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 147-160

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2023.46985.1980

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There is a frequent pattern in the structure of the cinematographic works for children which seems to work against the nature of children’s cinema because, instead of institutionalizing ... Read More

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The Repetition of the Childish Demand by a Desire to the Other’s Agalma: A Lacanian ‎Analysis of The Teacher of the Ants and Little Elephant, Where did You Sleep?‎

Shirzad Tayefi; Tohid Shalchian Nazer

Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 161-178

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.48750.2015

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The psychological roots of most of human actions have been explained by the science of psychoanalysis. By reinterpreting Freud’s views, Jacques Lacan made a great revolution in ... Read More

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Comparing the Actantial Model, Thematic Role and Narrative Plans of the Tales “Nokhodi and Div” and “Naranj and Toranj” with Their Rewritings by Asadollah Sha’bani

Ebrahim Zaheri abdevand

Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 179-198

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.47499.1987

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Considering the role of folk tales in revealing the components of national and ethnic identity, Asadollah Sha’bani has rewritten for kids the tales such as “Nokhodi and ... Read More

Research Paper

A Semiotic Analysis of Houshang Moradi Kermani’ Novel, Soft Pillow

Parvin Mortazaie

Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 199-216

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2023.44997.1960

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Semiotics is an investigation into the implicit and hidden meanings of the text. In light of this science of signs, many stories written for children and teenagers become more innovative ... Read More

An Introduction to Ecofeminism: Alternative Ecofeminist Readings of Diling-a-DiLing and Two Friends

Volume 9, Issue 2 , March 2019, , Pages 55-76

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2017.24465.1482

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After a pioneering attempt in introducing the tenets of ecofeminism in Persian, I will contend that this critical approach can facilitate a novel understanding of Persian literary tradition ... Read More

A Study of Techniques of Satire and Sarcasm in the Works of Farhad Hasanzadeh (with an Emphasis on his Book Classmate's Wall Newspaper on the Ceiling)

Volume 6, Issue 2 , January 0, , Pages 73-98

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2016.3030

Abstract

Safaei* H. Adhami** Guilan University Abstract Farhad Hasanzadeh, borne in 1962, is well-known children's literature writer and ... Read More

A Study of Story Elements in Rewriting of Kalileh VA Demneh for Adolescents

Volume 2, Issue 2 , January 0, , Pages 77-101

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2012.431

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Safari * M. Rahimi** S. Najafi Behzadi** * Shahrekord University Regeneration and simplification of ancient literary texts to make them ... Read More

An Analysis of a Tale in the Lak Dialect Based on Jung's Psychology

Volume 4, Issue 1 , January 0, , Pages 49-68

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2013.560

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Heidari* Lurestan University Abstract Stories are an important part of the cultural heritage of any nation. Contrary to modern scientific notion of the ... Read More

Re-reading of Children's Tales Based on Schema Component in Cognitive Theory

Volume 4, Issue 2 , January 0, , Pages 149-174

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2014.1145

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Nikouei* Sh. BabaShakuri** Guilan University Abstract Children's tales are generally simple and understandable in form and narrative but rich and full ... Read More

Research Paper

A Critical Discourse Analysis of Children’s Story Books Based on Van Leeuwen’s ‎Socio-Semantic Framework

Ramin Golshaie; Sima Bazmi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 11 June 2024

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.48602.2011

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Children’s literature plays an important role in shaping children’s character by means of affecting their values and beliefs. Since every text has its own ideologies, critical ... Read More

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Analyzing the rewritten stories of Kelileh and Demneh based on Nikolayeva's dimensions of narration

zahra amini; sajjad najafibehzadi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 23 June 2024

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.49764.2029

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Using various methods and theories to create creativity in rewritten stories from ancient literary texts is an important and significant issue for children and teenagers. The purpose ... Read More

Research Paper

A Study of Intertextuality sings from Genet,te 's Point of view in "Dialogue between the great magician and the queen of the island colors"

Maryam Kohansal

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 23 June 2024

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.49152.2020

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The story is the beginning of a conversation, and perhaps the continuation of conversations that began years and sometimes centuries ago. There is no doubt about the conscious and unconscious ... Read More

Research Paper

The Effective Narrative Infrastructures on Love Representations in 10 Persian Young Adult’s Novels

Atefeh Jamali; Faramarz Khojasteh; Zahra Movassagh

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 07 September 2024

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.50539.2052

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Love, is one of the main content in Farsi literature’s history. Despite the wideness, repetition and being well-known among adult literature, this classical background has been ... Read More

Research Paper

Functions of E-pistolary Writing in Young Adult Literature

zahra Taheri

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 10 September 2024

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.50475.2050

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This article examines the concept of e-pistolary writing (the use of emails in novels) and the function it serves in young adult literature. By using the views of critics such as Elizabeth ... Read More This article examines the concept of e-pistolary writing (the use of emails in novels) and the function it serves in young adult literature. By using the views of critics such as Elizabeth Campbell and Victoria Flanagan and focusing on issues such as “transnational citizenship,” “technorealist” structure, and “perspective-subjectivity,” the article seeks to answer the question: how the epistle writing produces some counter-narratives that redefine the interaction of young adults with the power structures? For this purpose, Light a Candle for me (2017), the acclaimed novel by Maryam Mohammadkhani, is examined. The distinguished feature of Mohammadkhani’s work is that she integrates the technique of epistolary writing with that of technorealism and employs it to narrate the life of an adolescent girl. To examine these features, this article, through a descriptive-analytical method, addresses how cyberspace and email writing are used to challenge dominant gender hierarchies and redefine the female identity. It is argued that the expansion of the cyberspace along with the possibility of equal access by everyone has resulted in the formation of a heteroglossic, democratic ambiance, which triggers a polyphonic world. It is in this world of virtual reality that everybody’s voice, especially young women and girls, is heard. The experience of such polyphony and freedom of maneuver on the part of women affects their conceptions of their ‘selves’ and their identities. No longer do they consider their identities an essential entity that is fixed and predetermined by norms set by liberal humanism On the other hand, affected by the collective nature of the cyber space, these women consider identity as “performative” and fluid. That is, they approach identity as a social “construct” that lies somewhere beyond notions of anatomy, race, and religion. The result is the formation of female intersubjectivity that resists dominant power structures and gender norms.

Research Paper

Expression of feelings in children's poetry (A and B age groups)

mansoure maleki kotmehr; Narges Oskouie; Hoseyn Dadashi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 15 September 2024

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.50152.2039

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Feeling is the most accessible and practical element to communicate with the intellectual and inner world of the child, in the field of art and literature and other activities related ... Read More

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The effectiveness of narrative techniques in interacting with the audience and improving the quality of inducing educational and educational concepts in the story of Qalb e zibay e Babour

Mehri Mossaed

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 28 September 2024

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.49662.2028

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Children's and adolescent literature, in addition to creating pleasure and entertainment, improves the reader's mental and critical thinking. Jamshid Khanian, one of the prominent writers ... Read More

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The analysis of the view of love as a story in the teenage novel "on a hot summer noon a girl came from Basra based on the model or Robert Sternberg"

mehrnush bayat; mohamadhasan hasanzadeniri; ayoob moradi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 30 October 2024

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.48687.2014

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Adolescence is the transition period from childhood to adulthood. In this era due to maturity physical, psychological, social and emotional changes and emotional changes and translations ... Read More

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Features of interactive intelligent storytelling art "Story Tick" from Eden Chambers' point of view

maryam sheikhzade; zahra rahbarnia

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 18 November 2024

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.50140.2038

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Technological innovations through artificial intelligence have made stories available to children for interactive storytelling experiences without the involvement of busy parents. The ... Read More Technological innovations through artificial intelligence have made stories available to children for interactive storytelling experiences without the involvement of busy parents. The purpose of this article is to analyze the process of an interactive storytelling based on artificial intelligence in order to nurture a creative child who can discover hidden patterns and generate new ideas while minimizing parental involvement. Introducing the features of interactive smart toys to cultural-artistic trustees, artists and researchers in the media field has also been considered. "Story tick" is a Japanese interactive storytelling toy with various educational purposes, which is analyzed in this article with the perspective of "Aiden Chambers", a contemporary British theorist in the field of children's literature studies. The main question of the research is how interactive storytelling plays a role in cultural formation and orientation of children for the development of creativity and individual skills. The research method is descriptive-analytical and has been carried out with the developmental-applicative goal of modeling and promoting it in the field of children's storytelling. On this basis, according to the information in the field of interactive storytelling in smart toys and based on the four components of this theorist, including "style, perspective, favoritism and telling gaps" in the field of storytelling, the "Story Tick" smart toy has been analyzed so that the child's role as the main guide The story should be evaluated. The results of the research confirm that, based on the components mentioned by the theorist, "Story tick" has been concerned with the development of creativity and engaging the child's imagination, and more importantly, it provides the child with problem solving solutions. On the other hand, the feature of freedom of action in choosing and even the possibility of creating a story by the child is evident in this interactive intelligent storytelling.

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Alternative models in children's poetry with a cross-cultural hermeneutic approach A case study of Tayebe Shamani poetry book

FIROUZ FAZELI; Somayeh Ghorbanpor delivand

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 25 November 2024

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.50541.2051

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Intercultural philosophy is looking for a solution to institutionalize the culture of communication and acceptance of another with the aim of ending the conflict situation of plural ... Read More

Research Paper

Intra-Textual Interaction of Typographic Titles in the Cover Design of Young Adult Novels According to the Scott-Nikolajeva Theory

Amir Hossein Zanjanbar; Rahim Rahimi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 08 December 2024

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.50102.2036

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Typographic titles encompass both a reading dimension (linguistic conceptualization) and a visual dimension (aesthetic conceptualization). Consequently, they engage in the conceptualization ... Read More

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Comparative analysis of the short stories "The Village of Letters" and "The Star Tree" According to the morphological theory of Propp

sabereh saberehsiavashi; Mobina Kabiri

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 04 January 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.50316.2045

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Comparative literature examines the content and structural similarities between the works of authors from different cultures. This study compares the correspondence of the stories "the ... Read More

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Sociological analysis of children and childhood in Sadegh Hedayat's fiction

Fatemeh Taheri sarvetomin; Atefeh Jamali; Faramarz Khojasteh

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 01 February 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.50461.2049

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Childhood is a fluid and culture-based concept, and it is impossible to provide a single definition of it. Even in a single society, different spectrums of childhood can be seen. In ... Read More

Research Paper

Investigating the effect of fictional literature on the learning of paragraph writing skills of sixth grade students

Batool Sabzeh; Nargess Mohammadpour; hosein ghasempour

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 01 February 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.51589.2069

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Writing skill is one of the most important skills, the performance of learners in other subjects is also affected by its quality.The prerequisite for writing is to acquire the skill ... Read More

Research Paper

Analysis and examining anecdote " dusti e kabutar va zaq va moush va baxeh va Ahou" of Kalile va Demne according to P4C' storyline criteria, with a look at its rewriting

atefeh yousefi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 04 March 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.50569.2053

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Kalila wa demne is one of Persian didactic masterpieces that is written in the form of story. This book, which is full of political, ethical and social abstract concepts, is eligible ... Read More

Research Paper

Representation of Environmental Conservation Elements in the Novel *Ghosts of the Burnt Forest

arash mehraban; Faezeh ArabYousefabadi; alireza Mahmoodi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 11 March 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.51164.2063

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Ecological criticism is an interdisciplinary study that examines the interactions between human and nature in literary works and attempts to analyze the reflection and influence of ... Read More

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