Introduction In 1973, the Australian novelist Patrick White was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his novel “The Eye of the Storm.” At the ceremony in Stockholm the novelist was honoured for his “epic and psychological narrative art, which has introduced a new continent into literature.” This was undoubtedly true and White’s achievements have been followed by a new generation of noveli...

objective: with regard to the abundance of mood disorders among the artists and, life and death of hedayat, number and time of creation of his works, this hypothesis that hedayat suffered from a bipolar mood disorder (type ii, or bipolar spectrum) is studied in the descriptive psychiatry framework. methods: his biographies, medical records, letters exchanged between him and his friends and rela...

fiction has a special position because of its charisma and special charm and is considered as an important literary device; the most important task of story is to promote the moral and spiritual virtues of characters and to fight evil and injustices. therefore, dedicated novelist should try not only to entertain the reader but also to be aware of his ultimate goal; which is to teach and to info...

imone de Beauvoir recalls that when she first made the acquaintance of Jean-Paul Sartre he, then still a young man, proudly and somewhat hubristically declared that when he became older he wanted to be Stendhal and Spinoza (Cérémonie 182, 228). Not satisfied with the dream of being merely a great writer or a great philosopher, Sartre hoped to pursue both academic vocations at the same time. For...

tawfigh al-hakim is a contemporary egyptian playwright who is known as the father of arabic playwriting. he felt the need to search about the human character and its dimensions, so, this issue, has been the major them in his plays. through benefiting from humanistic theories in some western literary and philosophical schools, he has combined them with religious issues and eastern mythology to i...

extended abstract 1. introduction according to toury (1995), translation is a norm-based behavior. in the course of their direct and indirect trainings, translators familiarize themselves with the linguistic, cultural and social norms which are used by the contemporary translators and later, as professional translators, use them consciously or unconsciously in their translations. in other words...