THE COUNTERCULTURE PHENOMENON IN THE MODERN IRANIAN ART (USING ASGAR FARHADI’S MOTION PICTURES)
Abstract
This article presents a study of counterculture in the arts of the traditional state of Iran. The dominant culture of the Islamic republic is based on religious laws, the observance of which is a requirement in almost all spheres of society. Art in Iran has to reckon not only with the religious norms of the country, but also with the censorship by the secular authorities, because it is the most vivid transmitter of thoughts and ideas, including those of the counterculture. With the help of philosophical and semiotic analysis two films by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi were examined “Beautiful City” (2004) and “Divorce of Nader and Simin” (2011), which are vivid representations of countercultural ideas in Iranian cinema. An analysis of the artistic techniques and themes that the director presented in his films demonstrates protest and unwillingness to follow state and spiritual prohibitions and norms. In these representations Asghar Farhadi reflected a number of social problems of society, which are disapproved and silenced by the dominant culture of Iran.
About the Authors
A. P. Movnar
Siberian Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrei P. Movnar, graduate of Department of Culturology and Art Criticism
Krasnoyarsk, 660041
E. A. Sertakova
Siberian Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ekaterina A. Sertakova, Cand. Sc. (Philosophy), Associate Professor of Department of Culturology and Art History
Krasnoyarsk, 660041
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Movnar A.P., Sertakova E.A. THE COUNTERCULTURE PHENOMENON IN THE MODERN IRANIAN ART (USING ASGAR FARHADI’S MOTION PICTURES). ARTE. 2023;(2):111-118. (In Russ.)
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