Jameel Saib’s (In My Dream) Story Under the Light of Historicism

Abstract

The relation between history and literature is an old topic of theoretical and critical debate on literature. To somehow، there are attempts to discover the nature of this relation. This has been attempts through studying the literature of almost all nations around the world. The present research, entitled Jameel Saib's (In My Dream) Novel under the light of historicism'، is an attempt to explain the relationship between history and literature which can be found at a certain phase of our literature. The study uses a descriptive analyitical method، with the focus on historical criticism. It aims to unveil the relations that can be found within the mentioned novel's text. Based on the sources that have been used، it can be argued that the novel is a proper reflection of the socio-political and economic circumstances of its era (the era of sheikh Mahmood in the twentieth of the twenty century).