The Hakubi Project

14th

:Global Type
:Tenure-track Type

Short Introduction

Because of its political misfortune since the late 20th century, Iran tends to be focused attention on its conflicts with Western countries; not much attention has been paid to its rich history and culture.However, Persian, the official language of Iran, has a long history and the Iranian people are proud of their Persian literature as 'children of poetry'. I have analyzed literary works from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, focusing on the activities of 'translation' and 'adaptation'.Translation and adaptation played an important role in Persian literature because it led to encounter Western literature, and as a result, Persian literature blossomed into modern literature. In this era, Iranian intellectuals and writers became able to go abroad so they left their homeland to avoid the strict censorship and sought freedom of speech. This situation is continuing in the present day, thus contemporary Iranian literature is supported by intellectuals and writers who are/were based outside Iran. Nowadays, Iranian writers from the second generation of immigrants and onwards have emerged and are showing new developments in contemporary literature. I aim to systematically capture aspects of literature by the Iranian diaspora from the end of the 19th century to the present day.