Satire has a mechanism inconsistent to art and literature; and its mode of formation and the content nature of it are based on two principles of criticism and debugging. Its difference with the other arts is only in a series of verbal behaviors that can be called rhetorical techniques. Al-Ahmad is considered as the third generation of satirist novelist after the coup 32 in Iran. He uses expressive and ironic language full of invective and widening and enriched with humor to plan the events in his stories since he is benefited from acritical, snappy, witty and comic spirit. In the years before the coup, Al-Ahmad’s satire with its strong sociala spects raised important issues such as politics, partisan activities, religious sensitivities, administrative problems, and woman attitudes benefit froma powerful diversity and dynamism. But, in the years following the coup, his satirist tendency wasr educed and the most apparent satires often found verbal and comic aspects. Generally, fictional satire was enriched with a complex; hidden and though-provoking texture became a tragics atire in fact.
Shiri G. Fictional Satire; aTool for Sustainability and Awakening an Analysis of the Role of Satire in the Stories of JalalAl-e Ahmad. 3 2025; 2 (4) URL: http://jnls.hormozgan.ac.ir/article-1-29-en.html