Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Atefeh Foroughi ¹
• Hossein Masoudnia ²
• Javad Emamjome Zadeh ²

¹ , Department of Political Science and International Relations, Isfahan University, Isfahan

² ,Department of Political Science and International Relations,University of Isfahan.

Abstract

"White Revolution" a name for social and economic reforms that Mohammad Reza Pahlavi did in 1960s and 1970s, due to growing domestic and international pressures. This program adopted by referendum and "Land Reforms" was the main and central part of that. The Revolution caused various political, social and economic consequences in rural and urban areas in Iran. Inter alia researches that can study and examine the consequences of "Land Reforms" is sociology of literature with emphasis on famous social and political novels that had written and published In 1960s and 1970s. Sociology of literature is a field of sociology that studies about social function of literature and the relationship between society and literature and reviews the structure and rules govern them. The purpose of this research is to study the impacts of "Land Reforms" on farmers in social novels during 1960s and 1970s. The result of research shows that during mentioned period, writers had criticized conditions of farmers in and by novel format and personages, and also they recognized the land reforms as main cause of worsening work and life conditions in rural areas.

Keywords

• Sociology of Literature
• Structural Constructivism
• White Revolution
• land reform
• Social Novel