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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Saeed Talajooy (University of St Andrews, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris ISBN: 9780755652693ISBN 10: 075565269 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 22 February 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsChapter 1 Bahram Beyzaie: A Critical Introduction (Saeed Talajooy, University of St Andrews, UK) Chapter 2 The Genealogy of Arash, A Hero: from Naqqali to Beyzaie’s Recitation Plays and from Arash The Mythical Hero to Beyzaie’s Marginalized Arash (Saeed Talajooy) Chapter 3 A Pahlevan’s Dreams of Belonging: Reconfiguration of The Ideals of Heroism in Bahram Beyzaie’s So Dies Pahlevan Akbar (Saeed Talajooy) Chapter 4 The Challenges of Centre and Margin: Beyzaie’s Cooperation with The Institute for The Intellectual Development of Children And Young Adults for Uncle Moustache, Journey, And Bashu, The Little Stranger (Amir-Hosein Siadat, Curator of the Art and Experience of Cinema, Tehran, Iran) Chapter 5 The Language of Nature and Earth: An Ecocritical Reading of Stranger and The Fog, Ballad of Tara, and Bashu, The Little Stranger (Fatemeh-Mehr Khansalar, Independent Scholar, UK) Chapter 6 Bashu’s Other Names: A Study of Bashu’s Identity in Bashu, The Little Stranger (Naghmeh Samini, Assistant Professor of Dramatic Arts, University of Tehran, Iran, and Affiliate Assistant Professor, University of Washington, USA) Chapter 7 The Cinematic Translation of Ta?ziyeh in Beyzaie’s Travellers (Farshad Zaehdi, Senior Lecturer, University Carlos III de Madrid, Spain) Chapter 8 Crime Thriller Elements in Bahram Beyzaie’s Films (Parviz Jahed, University of St Andrews, UK) Chapter 9 Multilinguality in Iranian Cinema: A Comparative Analysis (Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad, Lecturer of Media and Film, SOAS, University of London, UK) Chapter 10 Little Strangers: Representations of Displaced Youth in Iranian New Wave Cinema (Nina Khamsy, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland)ReviewsThis book offers a remarkably rich analysis of the works of one of Iran’s most renowned playwrights and filmmakers, Bahram Beyzaie. Focused on Beyzaie’s oeuvre between 1959 and 1979, this unparalleled work of scholarship is indispensable for understanding Beyzaie’s unique engagement with and critique of modernity in the Iranian cultural context. * Nasrin Rahimieh, UC Irvine, USA * This remarkable collection brings together essays from artists, filmmakers, writers, and emerging and established scholars who provide a wide-ranging analysis of the works of the prominent Iranian playwright and film director Bahram Beyzaie. The chapters neatly work together to show the importance of Bayzaie’s plays and films in making cultural modernity in its distinct Iranian expression. * Babak Rahimi, Professor, University of California- San Diego, USA * Author InformationSaeed Talajooy is a Senior Lecturer in Persian at the University of St Andrews, UK. Talajooy has taught world literature since 1997 and Persian language, literature, drama and cinema since 2008. His research is focused on the changing patterns of the modalities of Iranian identity as reflected in Iranian theatre, cinema and literature. His publications include several articles, chapters, play translations and analysis books, a co-edited volume entitled Resistance in Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies: Literature, Cinema and Music (2012), and a recent monograph entitled Iranian Culture in Bahram Beyzaie’s Cinema and Theatre (I.B.Tauris, 2023). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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