Magical Realism in the Mathnawi of Mem and Zin

Abstract

The Manasvi of Mam and Zain is one of the stories that is characterized by magical realism, in that amazing events have occurred in this story, and all the unreal and imaginary events in the context of the story appear completely real and natural, in a way that the reader easily accepts. The aim of this research is to re-examine the position of magical realism in the Manasvi of Meme and Zain. Therefore, this research has attempted to examine the most important components of magical realism in the Manasvi of Meme and Zain using a descriptive-analytical method in order to show how Ahmad Khani, by invoking these surreal and unusual characteristics in a story with a completely realistic background, has expressed a novel reading of abstract ideas in an objective and tangible guise. The results of this research indicate that in the Manasvi of Meme and Zain, the components of magical realism have been manifested in various forms, and these components can be analyzed in the form of duality and opposition between the imaginary and real world.