Journal of Children's Literature Studies

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Analyzing the Rewritten Stories of Kelileh va Demneh Based on Nikolajeva’s ‎Narrative Dimensions

Zahra Amini; Sajjad Najafi behzadi

Volume 16, Issue 1 , May 2025, Pages 1-18

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

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Ancient literary texts not only convey valuable educational contents and concepts to children and young adults, but provide them with the opportunities to engage in fantasy and experiencing ... Read More

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The Analysis of the View of “Love as a Story” in the Young Adult Novel On a Hot ‎Summer Noon a Girl Came from Basra Based on Robert Sternberg’s Model‎

Mehrnush Bayat; Mohamadhasan Hasanzade niri; Ayoob Moradi

Volume 16, Issue 1 , May 2025, Pages 19-34

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

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According to psychological researches, there is an important period in the psychological development of a person, which is between childhood and adulthood, and it is called adolescence. ... Read More

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

Atefeh Jamali; Faramarz Khojasteh; Zahra Movassagh

Volume 16, Issue 1 , May 2025, Pages 35-52

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

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Persian literature, with its rich background in lyrical literature, has created unique patterns and metaphors for expressing love, which have been widely utilized in both popular and ... Read More

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Analysis of Gender stereotypes in the Published stories of the Institute for the ‎Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in the 60s (A and B ‎Age Groups)‎

Najmeh Hosseini Sarvari; Mohammad Sadegh Basiri; Mahla Sadat Hosseini Saber

Volume 16, Issue 1 , May 2025, Pages 53-70

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2024.47993.2000

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Socialization is the process through which an unaware child gradually becomes a self-aware, knowledgeable, and skilled individual who respects the values and teachings of the ... Read More

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The Intra-textual Interactions of the Title Logotypes in the Cover Desings of Young ‎Adult Novels Based on Scott-Nikolajeva’s Theory

Amir Hossein Zanjanbar; Rahim Rahimi

Volume 16, Issue 1 , May 2025, Pages 71-90

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

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Logotype is a written sign which has both a reading aspect (a linguistic concept) and a visual aspect (an aesthetic concept). The titles of children’s and young adults’ ... Read More

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Features of Interactive Intelligent Storytelling Art of "StoryTick" from Aidan ‎Chambers’ Perspective

maryam sheikhzade; zahra rahbarnia

Volume 16, Issue 1 , May 2025, Pages 91-106

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

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Storytelling has always been a joint activity between parents and children. It provides many educational benefits such as improving children's language fluency, communication skills, ... Read More

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Functions of E-pistolary Writing in Young Adult Literature

Zahra Taheri

Volume 16, Issue 1 , May 2025, Pages 108-124

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

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Adolescence is a period full of emotional and physical conflicts due to the onset of a young adult’s interaction with all kinds of power structures, including family, school, ... Read More

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Manifestations of the Other in Young Children's Poetry from an Intercultural Hermeneutic ‎Approach: Case Study of Tayyebeh Shamani’s Poetry

Firouz Fazeli; Somayeh Ghorbanpor delivand

Volume 16, Issue 1 , May 2025, Pages 125-142

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

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If we consider culture as a set of semiotic systems or a set of interconnected semantic systems, we can say that these extensive semantic systems are especially crystallized in the ... Read More

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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

Volume 16, Issue 1 , May 2025, Pages 143-160

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

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Fiction marks the beginning of a grand and magical dialogue: a dialogue between the author and the audience, the characters within the text, the characters and the audience, and notably, ... Read More

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

Ramin Golshaie; Sima Bazmi

Volume 16, Issue 1 , May 2025, Pages 161-180

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

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

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The Effectiveness of Narrative Techniques in Interacting with the Audience and ‎Improving the Quality of Inducing Educational Concepts in the Novel The Beautiful ‎Heart of Babur

Mehri Mossaed

Volume 16, Issue 1 , May 2025, Pages 181-198

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

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Adolescence is a critical period in finding identity and achieving independence of thought. Young adult literature should correspond to the spiritual, physical, mental and emotional ... Read More

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Children's Poetry (Age Groups A and B) and Its Need for Emotional Representation

mansoure maleki kotmehr; Narges Oskouie; Hoseyn Dadashi

Volume 16, Issue 1 , May 2025, Pages 199-218

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

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The conceptualization of the inner world of human beings and the projection of diverse and extensive perceptions and feelings by borrowing from the experiences of the objective world ... 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

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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

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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

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

Nargess Mohammadpour; Batool Sabzeh; 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

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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

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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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Exploring the Role of Humor in the Success and Longevity of Manoochehr Ehterami's Children's Poetry with a Focus on the Hassani Poetry Collection

Shahram Rafiei; Lida Namdar; nosratollah dinmohammadi; hosein Arian

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 15 March 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.51794.2074

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Manoochehr Ehterami is one of the most prominent and successful writers and poets in Iranian children's literature. His poetry collections, particularly the *Hassani Nago Ye Dasteh ... Read More Manoochehr Ehterami is one of the most prominent and successful writers and poets in Iranian children's literature. His poetry collections, particularly the *Hassani Nago Ye Dasteh Gol* series, have remained among the most beloved works in children's poetry since the Islamic Revolution, with millions of copies published. While various factors have contributed to the success and longevity of his poetry, the use of humor and its diverse techniques appears to play a significant role in preserving the appeal of his works. Ehterami's humor, due to its universality and its grounding in children's real-world experiences, initially engages children through humorous discoveries and situations, creating a deep emotional connection with them. It then stimulates joy and excitement by drawing on children's imagination and unique way of thinking, leaving a lasting impact that can endure for years or even a lifetime. This study specifically aims to analyze the impact of humor techniques on the success and longevity of Ehterami's children's poetry, focusing on 17 poetry books from the 21-volume *Hassani* collection. The research is conducted through a descriptive-analytical method.The findings reveal that one of the key factors in the success and longevity of Ehterami's poetry is his use of tangible and automatic humor techniques such as puns, hyperbole, metaphors, conciseness, and more. Additionally, he employs unique humor techniques of his own, such as a humorous worldview, ironic twists, humorous characters, and humor rooted in folklore. Among these, humor derived from folklore has the highest frequency, while paradoxical humor has the lowest. Ehterami primarily uses humor with an entertaining, educational, and critical approach. His humorous poems consist of both surface and deeper layers: the surface layer is engaging and entertaining for children, while the deeper layers have a critical function by inspiring curiosity and inquiry in young readers.

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Investigating exchange meta-discourse (propositions and frameworks) in al-Hosseini al-Sagher magazines based on Hyland's model 2005))

maryam sarani; ali asghar habibi; abdolbaset arab yousefabadi; mojtaba behroozi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 14 July 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.51641.2071

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Metadiscourse is one of the topics raised in the field of discourse analysis. Metadiscourse is a term for calling metalinguistic possibilities for interaction in discourse. Hyland's ... Read More

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Naming criteria in children's fantasy novels based on formative criticism

sepideh rajabi dehkordi; Asghar Rezapourian; Hojatallah Rabiai

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 19 April 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.51670.2072

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Abstract: Fantasy, a genre based on imagination, holds an important place in children's literature. The world of children is a realm where the five senses are engaged, and creating ... Read More

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Neccessity of Textual Re-criticism of Maktabkhaneh (Traditional Religious School) Texts

Mokhtar Komaily

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 19 April 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.52142.2080

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Neccessity of Textual Re-criticism of Maktabkhaneh (Traditional Religious School) TextsAbstractDuring the Constitutional Era in Iran, the educational system for children was centered ... Read More

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Zahhak, the narrative of the seven narrators in the process of rewriting, interaction of image and text and philosophical inquiry

saeed hesampour; Neda Moradpour

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 June 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.52196.2081

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Zahhak, the narrative of the seven narrators in the process of rewriting, interaction of image and text and philosophical inquiryAbstractThe Philosophy for Children (P4C) program has ... Read More

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The Ways to Reveal the Presence of Narratee and Its Signs in the Stories of Docharkheh weekly

Mahbood Fazeli; Yasaman Majidi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 18 May 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.51274.2064

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In this research, in order to investigate the methods employed by the narrators to reveal the presence of the narratee in the story, we have selected forty short stories that were published ... Read More

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A Comparative Study of the Child Tone In The Persian And Arabic Dubbings of the Animated Film "The Boss Baby”

Abdulbasit Arab Yousefabadi; Moslem fatollahi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 07 May 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.51496.2066

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In the field of film and animation, children products suffer weaknesses due to the age gap between the child and the adult translator or writer; because the decisions of the author, ... Read More

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A critical analysis of the attitudes of Mahmoud Kianoush on children's poetry based on the poems of Abbas Yamini Sharif

Masoome Moradi; zarrin varedi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 June 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.50656.2057

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AbstractMahmoud Kianoush is one of the pioneers and theorists in children's poetry. In his book,'' Children's Poetry in Iran'', he has presented his outlooks towards the dos and don'ts ... Read More

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Child, Family and Ecocentric Values in Iranian Picture Books: An Analysis of Three Picture Books for the Polar Bears, Green Oak, and Roozbeh's Migration

Zahra Hooshyar; Amin Izadpanah

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 26 May 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.52098.2077

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The purpose of this study is to examine a selection of Iranian picture books based on eco-centric values and to understand how the relationship between family and child with the ecosphere ... Read More

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Investigating the Impact of Colloquial Vocabulary on the Enduring Appeal of Mustafa Rahmandoost's Children's Poetry

Shahram Rafiei; Lida Namdar; nosratollah Dinmohammadi; Hossin Aryan

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 17 August 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.53157.2101

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Mustafa Rahmandoust (born 1950) is considered one of the prominent poets for children and adolescents, significantly contributing to the enrichment and elevation of children's literature, ... Read More

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A Look at the Components of Positive Psychology in Selected Adolescent Poems

یاسمین زندیه; sajad najafibehzadi; ذبیح الله کاوه

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 06 September 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.53403.2108

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Seligman, the founder of positive psychology, introduced various components, including happiness, hope, optimism, resilience, and self-efficacy, as key elements of happiness and psychological ... Read More

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Studying the Effect of Climate on Balochi Children's Songs and Their Educational Functions

Mohammad akbar dehani

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 25 August 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.52858.2093

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Children's songs and chants are part of folk literature and, like other works of folk literature, are born from the environment and the core of life and society and remain there. A ... Read More

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A look at the capacities of creating an animated spin-off from the world of the Iranian epic story with an emphasis on the tale of Kok Kohzad.

alireza pourshabanan

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 03 September 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.52440.2084

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Using Iranian epic literature to create a large fictional world and shape an entertainment franchise based on the works of this literary genre and shared characters is one of the areas ... Read More

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Examining the Naturalization of Violence in the Works of Hushang Moradi-Kermani; Case Study: Marmalade of Sweetness, You Are Not a Stranger, Majid's Stories"

Masoumeh Ghayoori; Marzieh Azarnia

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 03 September 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.52609.2087

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Stories are a part of literature through which a specific ideology is conveyed to the reader. Many of these ideologies are hidden within the text, while some may initially appear entirely ... Read More

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Representation of the Maturation Process in Adolescent Novels: A Comparative Study of Dalghak and Ziba Sedayam Kon

nahid taheri gandomani; Hamid Rezaie; fatemeh rahmanifard

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 05 October 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.52709.2090

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This article presents a comparative analysis of the various facets of maturation in the adolescent female characters of the novels Dalgak (1391) by Hoda Hadadi and Ziba Sedayam Kon ... Read More

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Young Adult Novel as an Open Text for an Open Reader Interpreting Interwoven Symbols and Signs in Dark Sisters Based on Umberto Eco’s Interpretation Theory

Farzaneh Aghapour

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 12 October 2025

https://doi.org/10.22099/jcls.2025.54077.2122

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The process of meaning-making and reading in YA literature is of particular importance. The study aims to examine the interwoven network of textual symbols and signs in Dark Sisters ... Read More The process of meaning-making and reading in YA literature is of particular importance. The study aims to examine the interwoven network of textual symbols and signs in Dark Sisters novel by Mehdi Rajabi, based on Umberto Eco's "open text" and "model reader." The research method is qualitative content analysis with descriptive-interpretive approach. An open text allows the reader to read and interpret in different ways, but a closed text leads to one correct and valid interpretation. As results show, Dark Sisters is approximating to "open text" and its "model reader" is defined as a critical reader, sensitive to words, signs, symbols, and intratextual connections. Dark Sisters allows the reader to read more actively. Ambiguities interwoven signs keep meaning-making process open and prevent focusing on a single, straightforward meaning. The process of discovering and constructing the meaning is complex and intricate, and the novel, by utilizing the techniques such as time stops, the shadow cast on the main character’s mind and perception because of mental illness, signifiers with multiple signifieds, and recurring universal and personal symbols in the structure and the content (including talisman, snail, well, fog, forest), guides the reader to read actively and construct various meanings and interpretations. But in the ending, the author fails to make a coherent network of symbols, the disturbing ambiguities damage the plot and in the surface of narrative, many questions remain unanswered. Such texts are rare in Iranian YA literature, and regarding the polyphonic, curious, and critical nature of adolescence, they define a new category of adolescent model audience compared to their similar texts. The current generation of adolescents, at least serious readers of YA literature, are more eager to open texts, in which they are not just narrative objects, but rather part of its construction, immersing happily in its playful structural ambiguity.

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