The Transformation of Narrative Prose in the Qajar Era: From Dream Literature to the Modern Novel

Background: In the Qajar era, as new concepts entered the social and literary sphere, intellectual writers sought innovative narrative forms to express their ideas. Among these, dream literature emerged as a literary-political genre that was widely embraced. The central question of this research is an examination of the narrative structure of these works and a clarification of their place in the history of the development of Persian fictional literature. Method: This research employs a descri...