Volume 15 (2024)
Volume 14 (2023)
Volume 13 (2022)
Volume 12 (2021)
Volume 11 (2020)
Volume 10 (2019)
Volume 9 (2018)
Volume 8 (2017)
Volume 7 (2016)
Volume 6 (2015)
Volume 5 (2014)
Volume 4 (2013)
Volume 3 (2012)
Volume 2 (2011)
Volume 1 (2010)
Number of Articles: 12
Comparing Parvin Dowlatabadi’s Children’s and Adults’ Poetry Based on the Idea of “the Implied Reader”
Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 1-22
Abstract
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
Ahmad’s Phallocentric Adventure: A Psychoanalytical Reading of the Picturebook, The Story of Ahmad and the Clock
Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 23-40
Abstract
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
Investigating the Narrative Mental Space Blending in Children's Novels: A Case Study of Farhad Hassanzadeh’s Biz… Biz… Business
Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 41-60
Abstract
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
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
Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 61-78
Abstract
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
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
Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 79-92
Abstract
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
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
Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 93-110
Abstract
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
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
Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 111-128
Abstract
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
Pathology of Folktales for Preschool Children
Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 129-146
Abstract
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
A Correctional Center in the Amusement Park: A Critique of the Place of Imagination in Children’s Cinema
Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 147-160
Abstract
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
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?
Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 161-178
Abstract
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
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
Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 179-198
Abstract
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
A Semiotic Analysis of Houshang Moradi Kermani’ Novel, Soft Pillow
Volume 15, Issue 2 , March 2025, Pages 199-216