Abstract
The Novel has a dialectical relationship with
society. It’s representer of society's different voices and also a field to
construct different socio-political discourses. In Iran, the novel is a new
phenomenon which emerged in late Qajar era and expanded in Pahlavi time. In
this research, we will study how the novel reflects and influence the
characteristics of Iranian society. We went through this subject by examining
the Persian novels of this period via structural theories. We found out that in
these years, most of the authors considered various social issues of İran
society; however, the issue of religion was the least interesting topic among
them. Also, the social issues that they mentioned have not changed
significantly in these 100 years. In these years, Iranian novels had helped to
spread nationalism, in the meantime novels, especially in late Pahlavi,
developed an anti-West trend in the society.