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The story and its literary company
English editorial guide title.
A historical passage in Bijari’s essay places Rabihavi among the writers of the Thursday sessions and Eight Stories.
- Credited to
- Bijan Bijari
- Publication
- Radio Zamaneh
- Source date
- 5 August 2016
- Published language
- Persian
- This page
- English source guide
English guide to a historical passage in Bijan Bijari’s critical essay. Its discussion of Eight Stories is literary context, rather than a review of Rabihavi’s fiction.
A history inside an argument
Bijan Bijari’s essay responds to a selection of short stories published by Radio Zamaneh. To explain his criticism of the contemporary selection, he turns to the development of Persian short fiction, its formative writers, reading groups and the independent periodicals that sustained it. Source 1
Within that historical survey, Bijari names Rabihavi among the eight writers associated with Eight Stories, introduced by Houshang Golshiri. He links the anthology with the Thursday story-reading sessions that continued after the Writers’ Association’s office was closed. The passage places Rabihavi within a collective literary practice rather than isolating him as a single exceptional figure. Source 1
The limits of the mention
Rabihavi’s name occurs in this historical discussion. The title’s reference to ten stories does not establish that his work was selected for that ranking. Readers can follow the related account by Naser Zeraati for a participant’s recollections of how stories were discussed and how Eight Stories came to publication. Source 1
Sources & credits
- Radio Zamaneh · Bijan Bijari on the short story
Published 5 August 2016. The essay includes Rabihavi in a historical survey of Thursday sessions and Eight Stories; it does not rank his fiction in the titular selection.