Hedayatâs Nationalism and his Concepts of Folklore
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The present paper is a hasty investigation of SÄdeq HedÄyatâs concept of folklore as a source of knowledge about the Iraniansâ pre-Islamic customs and beliefs, however corrupted with the devastating influence of the strangers. In the introduction to HedÄyatâs NirangestÄn (1933), his approach to the popular culture of Iran, viewed as a collection of âprejudicesâ, is sharply dualistic. He idealizes its elements of allegedly âAryanâ origin and condemns those, which have been introduced by the non-Iranian, in particular Semitic, peoples. HedÄyatâs understanding of folklore evolved in the course of the years, that can be seen in his âGeneral project for the study of the folklore of a regionâ (1945), but even in this work the ethnic and linguistic diversity as a valuable element of Persian culture seem to pass unnoticed.
Since the time when this short paper had been written, Ulrich Marzolphâs substantial entry on SÄdeq HedÄyat as folklorist appeared in Encyclopaedia Iranica, bringing much first-hand, well documented information on the subject.
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