Social Issues in M. Moshfeq Kazemi’s Novel “The Terrible Tehran”

The paper aims to provide an analysis of the social issues of the novel “The Terrible Tehran” by M.Moshfeq Kazemi, which is the first example of a social-realistic novel in the modern Persian prose. The novel reflected the main social problems of Iranian society after the constitutional revolution at the beginning of the 20th century. The author is most interested in the women’s issue in a patriarchal society and uneducated social environment living according to old canons. Starting to analyze social issues in the novel “The Terrible Tehran,” we come to the conclusion that political and social transformations in Iran during the constitutional revolution and after it changed society’s attitude to such issues as the position of women in society, her rights and freedoms. It should be noted that the author of this novel has a shallow approach to social problems and he does not offer solutions to the problems existing in society.

modern Persian prose, social novel, social issues, patriarchal society, position of women