Quarterly Journal of Social Development (Previously Human Development)

Quarterly Journal of Social Development (Previously Human Development)

Representation of Modernization in Ra’i’s Lost Lamb (By Houshang Golshiri)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Abdolreza Amanifar 1
Habib Ahmadi 2
Mohammad Taghi Iman 3
Morteza Khosronejad 4
1 PhD Student in Sociology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
2 Professor, Department of Sociology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
3 Professor, Department of Sociology, Shiraz University, Shiraz
4 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
10.22055/qjsd.2025.44533.2858
Abstract
In this article, Ra’I’s Lost Lamb (by Houshang Golshiri) will be considered as a social constact. In Constructional-Interpretational approach a novel is an artistic creation by which the society can be conceptualized and perceived. Accordingly, this article is exploring those meanings which are attached to the social situations through this novel. Indeed, this meaningful structure clearly reflects the author’s conception of social developments of his time. This novel was published in 1977, but its narration is related to 1969. Due to the main objective of this article - studying the phenomenon of modernization - the research methodology which has been used is Hermeneutic phenomenological methodology. Analysis of the novel Ra’I’s Lost Lamb” represents the individual and social life disorderly that have been experienced by Iranians in the period of this book. The most important components of these mentioned disorders are the psychological rupture, administrative inefficiency, identity breaks and confusion in social roles.
Keywords
Modernization
Construction
Hermenutic
Phenomenology
Disorder
Subjects
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Quarterly Journal of Social Development (Previously Human Development)
Volume 19, Issue 3 - Serial Number 75
Vol. 19, No. 3, Spring 2025
Spring 2025
Pages 29-52