A Necessity for Beginning Life writing Studies in Iran; The Theory of life writing, a Step towards the growth of interdisciplinary research in the humanities

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national library and archives of I.R. IRAN, Department of Iranian and Islamic studies

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Life writing, with an ancient history among mankind, has increasingly created a huge and interdisciplinary movement in scientific and research centers since the late twentieth century, especially in various fields of modern knowledge, especially humanities and social sciences such as anthropology, ethnography, psychology and sociology, in branches such as women's and gender studies, cultural studies, colonial studies and postcolonialism. But in Iran, despite the long tradition of writing life narratives and the growth of its modern examples over the past century and a half, not only do we not see Life writing studies, but even its necessity and basic concepts are not well understood. With the aim of recognizing this concept as an independent identity, emphasizing the necessity of initiating these studies, and presenting a perspective on it in Iran, this article has been written to outline the idea of biography and life writing and outline its generalities. Life writing is intended as an umbrella term to encompass all works that somehow contain a realistic narrative of human life in recording personal memories, experiences, perspectives, and feelings. In the broad field of "biographies" in a variety of formats and media, including written, visual, audio, and mixed types, This concept includes a wide range of writings in the description of a life or parts thereof, in various types of life writing, such as autobiographies, fictional autobiographies, memoirs, work reports, , collective biographies, memorials, testimonies, obituaries, wills, registration forms, personal resumes, obituaries, and even digital forms in blogs, tweets and stories, .

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