متن شناسی ادب فارسی (Aug 2012)
First Person Narrator in Sa'di's Golestan
Abstract
Sa'di used first person narrator in almost one quarter (48 tales) of Golestan tales, though the current tradition of narrative in his period was based on third person narrator (omniscient). The main question in this study is that how first person narrative is used in Golestan. This study shows that, in Golestan, first person narrator is represented by various figures such as protagonist or witness. Most of these tales are autobiographical. This study also shows that there are not special functions of first person narrative in this literary work and there is no difference between structure and functions of third and first person narratives.
