The Allegory of Cultural Imperialism in The Blind Owl

The Blind Owl is Sadegh Hedayat's magnum opus and a major literary work of 20th-century Iran.Fredric Jameson, an American literary critic, published an essay titled “Third-World Literature inthe Era of Multinational Capitalism.” His argument suggests that third-world literatures arenecessarily national allegories, reflecting the political and social realities of those nations. Jamesonbelieves Western powers occupy parts of the country teaching youths in these regions to rejecttheir own cultures in favor of Europe’s. This study examines the Western cultural invasion and theidentity crisis in The Blind Owl and discusses the literature of the third world in the capitalist era.This study intends to state that Hedayat's novel is an allegory of cultural reform that has beenreconstructed in a modernist framework.

The Allegory of Cultural Imperialism in The Blind Owl Keywords:

The Blind Owl , Sadegh Hedayat , Fredric Jameson , Capitalism , Cultural Imperialism , Allegory