An Analytical Look at ‘I, He’ by Reza Amirkhani on Radio Farhang
According to the Iran Book News Agency (IBNA), in this program, Hamed Mousavi as the narrator, Mohsen Bagheri Asl as the expert host, and Ebrahim Zahedi Motlagh (writer and literary researcher) will analytically examine the narrative structure, language, and intellectual layers of the novel ‘I, He’ and try to explain the position of this work in the stream of contemporary Iranian novel writing.
Focusing on the narrative method, the continuation of the character Ermia in Haj Ali Fattah ‘I, He’ to ‘Qeydar’, the relationship between tradition and modernity in the text, and the reflection of the author’s cultural and social concerns, as well as the progression of characters in Amirkhani’s stories, will be the main axes of this discussion.
Broadcasting parts of Reza Amirkhani’s speeches in various literary and cultural circles, introducing the author’s literary and intellectual portfolio, presenting a public report on audience engagement with the novel ‘I, He’, and reading parts of the novel’s text are among the other audible segments of this program; segments that will simultaneously engage the audience with the atmosphere of the work and its formation contexts.
‘Ketab Farhang’ will air on Wednesday at 8 PM, focusing on a multi-faceted review of the novel ‘I, He’, a work translated into several languages including Arabic, Russian, Indonesian, etc., from the History and Thought Group of Radio Farhang. The program, produced by Parviz Jamali, written by Motahhareh Akhoundi, narrated by Hamed Mousavi, reported by Homeyra Farati, and accompanied by Majedeh Karami, is presented to listeners by Radio Farhang.
Reza Amirkhani is one of the prominent authors of contemporary Iranian literature, known for works such as ‘I, He’, ‘Biuten’, ‘Dastan-e Sistan’, ‘Nafahat-e Naft’, ‘Rahash’, and ‘Ermia’. His works combine literary narrative with identity concerns and a critical look at contemporary society. The author is currently hospitalized and in a coma due to physical conditions and treatment resulting from a paragliding fall. The staff of the ‘Ketab Farhang’ program dedicate the program to this valuable author and wish him good health and speedy recovery.
