Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 18، number In Volume 6، September 2025 ، issue Number 112

Stylistic Analysis of the Novel Azbe by Reza Amirkhani Based on Gerard Genette's Theory

Reza Zandavar , Roqiyeh Sadraei (Author in Charge), Maryam Barzegar

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The novel Azbe by Reza Amirkhani is one of the contemporary works of fiction that has a creative, nested, and complex narrative structure. The main objective of this article is to discuss and examine the new methods, techniques, and narrative techniques in the story of Azbe, relying on Gerard Genette"s theory and the science of narratology, which can present the structural methods and principles of the story from the beginning to the author"s final goal in a systematic and classified manner.

METHODOLOGY: The study method in this research is descriptive-analytical, and the study of part of the narratives of the novel Azbe is based on the components of order, continuity, time, and frequency based on Gerard Genette"s theory of narratology.

FINDINGS: The narrative in the story of Azbe is in the style of letter writing, therefore, it does not have a specific narrator, and each letter is narrated from the voice of a character. The story begins with a frank letter from a schoolgirl who has lost her parents to the sharp-flying eagle - the pilot of Meshkat - and continues with the efforts of the pilot"s wife to free her from depression by appealing to the old friends of Colonel Morteza Meshkat. In the scenes where Colonel Meshkat"s moods and conditions are described after his death, in the letters that Tayyaba writes to Ms. Teymouri, a comrade of Morteza Meshkat, and in the letters that he exchanges with his other friends, the narrative pace is slow and omissions and abbreviations are not given much attention, and when he intends to neutralize time, he uses dialogue.

CONCLUSION: The main axes of narration in the story of Azbe include order, continuity, mode, frequency, and tone. The temporal order in the story of Azbe is almost considered and there is not much effect of time distortion in its narrative. The narrative is usually slow and accompanied by complete descriptions. Given that the story is not told through the voice of a narrator, there is the least distance between the text and the narration, and the tone of sadness and complaint is used more than other tones.

Keyword
Narratology. Gerard Genette. Contemporary story. Azbe. Reza

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