THE REPUBLIC OF IMAGINATION

The author of Iran and American Studies on Lolita in Tehran (2003) presented a violent argument about returning to an important American novel to stimulate creativity and participation.

After the revolution, Iran and the United States, in the battle against evil, literature, teacher, author Nafis (I have been hidden, 2008 etc.) found from works of Mark Twain, Sinclair Lewis, Carson McCallers I taught. An important lesson in the trend West: Isolated thinking, prejudice, utilitarian thinking. The author writes that literature stimulates imagination and is surprisingly destructive to challenge the present situation. In tyranny like Iran, suppression of the country may be dangerous, but for citizens familiar with the information this is necessary. But in the United States, Nafissi became a citizen in 2008, and she said something that freedom to enter democratic ideals and institutions can not be used for political or ideological purposes, for liberal arts I even despise it. In the first and favorite example of Nafissi, she saw Twain 's role as a hack fin. And he discovered a typical American character came from everyone else: when asking for the soul, homeless "mixed", its "healthy mind" gradually got his "transformed conscience" I broke it. In Babbit, from the novel of the same name from Lewis in 1922, Nafissi reaffirmed us with a sense of self-satisfaction and self-blessing, and they still reflected our contemporary self. McCullers' "Heart is a lonely hunter" (1940), with a character like a fragile child, Nafissi pointed out personal honesty and a desire for shared humanity. The literary interpretation of the author gently passes her own experiences as students, teachers, friends, and new citizens. I appreciate the many literary examples of L. Frank Baum and James Baldwin. Her work is rich and informative.

"In the imagination republic, the mirror of the first book, Narusi explores the influence of novels on American life, although literature is not forbidden, it is on the verge of extinction ... she is a literary work Honoring the power of her carefully After she carefully examined her as an important expression of the American spirit, in particular as an insecurity of ours, "endless question", and a sense of permanent externality, three novels I read the impressive details. Nafissi urged us to read widely and interestingly from the deep awe of the Republic.

Among the bestselling books of 2003 "Tehran 's reading of Lolita", Iranian immigrants Azar Nafici revealed why novels are very important in the totalitarian regime. Through "imaginative republic" she tries to prove the importance of great literature in a democratic society that is not threatened by "intellectual laziness", not by fundamentalist revolutionaries. Nafishi was shocked by the circumstances surrounding the humanities science and textualization that I saw in the United States today. And that life and circumstances feel sympathy with people who are quite different from us. "

In Plato's "Republic", Socrates imagines a society that means ethics meaning a very different relationship from the truth that most of us are familiar with. The imaginary society of Socrates is managed according to the noble lie that the ruler existed for a long time. "For God, if the state is governed by copper or iron, the state will end." That person decides "It looks like a god," contradicting the truth experience. Obviously, Plato understands SoC well.

The imaginative republic who comes to Nafissi expects only those who have found convincing literary analysis to find it, but they will also be amazed to wait for them. Deeply incorporating Nafissi's literary meditation is a lot of other attractive clues. In her chapter in Twain, I share my rich charm with American culture from Marx brothers to Melville, from Cortland to Cummings, and I wonder how this wealth exists in us. The same place of Vietnam War, Watergate Incident, Fox News. In honor of Sinclair Lewis, Nafis expressed regret over the common core curriculum, appealed for more free, more thoughtful and happier educational efforts. When she explored Carson McCullrar's work, Nassis was deeply immersed in the center of anxiety, solitude and violence wearing American lifestyle every day. But perhaps in the portrait of her own friend, the warmth and wisdom of Nafis is the most obvious.