Modern American Literature and Contemporary Iranian Cinema: Identity, Appropriation, and Recontextualization

This book explores the intertextual dialogism between American literature and Iranian cinema, highlighting the historicity of texts and the synchronic nature of literary texts. It demonstrates how Iranian cinema appropriates and recontextualizes instances of modern American literature to construct and inculcate national/gender identity on the silver screen.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 168 pages
Publication date: 29 December 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book is a groundbreaking exploration into the understudied intertextual dialogism between American literature and Iranian cinema, forging an intertextual bridge between these seemingly disparate fields. By foregrounding the textuality of history and the historicity of texts, it argues that literary works are synchronic artifacts open to a multitude of intertextual and extra-textual readings and interpretations, each shaped by historical circumstances.

In its examination, this book reveals how Iranian cinema appropriates and recontextualizes instances of modern American literature to construct and instill vestiges of national and gender identity on the silver screen. By watching films such as Herzog, Franny and Zooey, The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Death of a Salesman in Iran, viewers are presented with a new intertextual dimension to their dialogic textuality, adding depth and complexity to their understanding of these works.

This book is a valuable contribution to the field of comparative literature, shedding light on the intricate interplay between American and Iranian cultural expressions and offering new insights into the dynamic relationship between literature and cinema. Its innovative approach and rigorous analysis make it a must-read for scholars and enthusiasts alike.

Weight: 331g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032389721