Digital literature in Iran and Arab countries (Comparative analysis of examples of works)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 , Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.

2 Professor of Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Research Institute of Human Sciences and Cultural Studies of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract


Nowadays, digital technologies have strongly influenced all aspects of our daily life via redefining our communicative practices and habits of text reading and textualizing. Accordingly, a need to change the role of literature and literary discourse in the contemporary media space of Iran and the Arab world has been felt and steps have been taken in this respect. By adopting a descriptive-analytical method, the present study sets out to make a scholarly account addressing the experience of Iranian and Arabic digital literature, exploring certain works produced by them comparatively, and discuss their degree of aesthetic creativity in terms of form and content. As the findings revealed, despite the historical precedence of Iranian digital poets and writers over Arabs, there is a significant digital division between Iran and Arab countries. Although the Arab countries are highly distant from digital literature of the West, they have produced aesthetically more creative literary works, compared to Iran. These works more actively follow the processes of participatory or collective creation, and being aesthetically creative in form and content. 

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Article Title [العربیة]

الأدب الرقمی فی إیران والدول العربیة (تحلیل مقارن لنماذج الأعمال)

Abstract [العربیة]

الیوم، اکتسبت التقنیات الرقمیة تأثیرًا واسع النطاق فی حیاتنا الیومیة وأعادت تعریف إجراءات الاتصال وعادات قراءة النصوص وصیاغة النصوص؛ من هذا المنطلق فقد تم الشعور بضرورة تغییر دور الأدب والخطاب الأدبی فی البیئة الإعلامیة المعاصرة فی إیران والعالم العربی، وتم اتخاذ خطوات فی هذا الاتجاه. قدبحثت الدراسة الحالیة بمنهج وصفی تحلیلی بهدف مقارنة تجربة الأدب الرقمی الإیرانی والعربی، نماذج من الشعر والروایة الرقمی فی إیران والعالم العربی وأوجه الشبه والاختلاف بینهما فی الشکل والمحتوى. تظهر نتائج الأبحاث أنه على الرغم من الأسبقیة التاریخیة للشعراء والکتاب الرقمیین الإیرانیین على العرب، إلا أن هناک فجوة رقمیة کبیرة مع الدول العربیة. من ناحیة أخرى، وعلى الرغم من الفجوة الکبیرة بین الأدب الرقمی العربی والغربی، فقد تم إنتاج أعمال وکتابات مهمة فی بعض البلدان العربیة. فی حین أن هذه الأعمال تتبع عملیات الإبداع الجماعی أو التشارکی بشکل أکثر نشاطًا ، إلا أنها جدیرة بالملاحظة من حیث الجمالیات والإبداع فی الشکل والمحتوى.

Keywords [العربیة]

  • الأدب الرقمی
  • الجمالیات الرقمیة
  • الأدب الإیرانی
  • الأدب العربی

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Research in Comparative Literature
Volume 13, Issue 3 - Serial Number 51
September 2023
Pages 153-176

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