Jalal Al-e-Ahmad’s Journey to the End of the Night: Study on Influence of Louis-Ferdinand Céline’s Language on The School Principal

مطالعات زبان و ترجمه

Article 2, Volume 47, Issue 4, February 2015, Pages 1-21   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/lts.v47i4.47074

Authors

Mohammad Reza Farsian; Latifeh Nejati

Department of French, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

Jalal Al-e-Ahmad relying on the popular and lively language of his society has used a unique and dynamic language in his works. This unique feature has reached to its summit in The School Principal in which the characters from each social class in the story use the language of the same class in the real society. In order to reach a deeper understanding of this masterpiece, this article compares it to Louis-Ferdinand Céline’s Journey to the End of the Night based on the criteria of comparative literature. Not only are these two works similar in terms of content and point of view, but also they are comparable concerning language. As Al-e-Ahmad himself mentions The School Principal’s language has been influenced by Journey to the End of the Night. This article’s aim is to compare Journey to the End of the Night with The school principle in every aspect, especially in terms of language.

Keywords

Comparative Literature; Jalal Al-e-Ahmad; Louis-Ferdinand Céline; The School Principal; Journey to the End of the Night

References