Mysticism Studies in Literature

Representation of mystical culture and tradition in the novel Touba va ma'na-ye Shab (Touba and Meaning of Night)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Nayyereh Kanani 1
Hamidreza Takakoli 2

1 PhD in Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran. http://www.orcid.org/0009000489613483

2 Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.

10.22054/msil.2025.83051.1158
Abstract
Gnostic culture and tradition is one of the important discourses that has been prevalent in our culture since the past and has maintained its influence. This culture, under the influence of modern and post-modern developments, has undergone transformation and created new spaces; Spaces that are different from the traditional view of mysticism and sometimes criticize it. Propositions of this culture have continued to exist in the contemporary world and in Persian literature. Mystical culture is also reflected in contemporary novels. But over time, it has distanced itself from the traditional spaces and has appeared in other forms; In such a way that its effects can be recovered explicitly or indirectly in the structure and content of some of these novels. From this point of view, these structures are one of the platforms for introducing mystical heritage and its study can introduce us to it. The novel Touba va ma'na-ye Shab (Touba and Meaning of Night) is one of the important works of Shahrnoush Parsipour, which has mystical elements in it. In this research, an attempt has been made to identify and explain the propositions related to mystical culture and tradition, and to show how contemporary man confronts mystical heritage and his judgment towards it. With this review, it is possible to present some indicators of the flow of mysticism and introduce the place of mystical culture and tradition in the contemporary period.

Keywords

mystical culture and tradition
novel
Touba va ma'؛ na-ye Shab (Touba and Meaning of Night)
contemporary mysticism
Subjects
Mysticism Studies in Literature
Volume 4, Issue 7
(Spring and Summer 202
October 2025

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