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Manifesto of Martyrdom: Similarities and Differences between Avini's Ravaayat-e Fath [Chronicles of Victory] and more Traditional Manifestoes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Mehrzad Karimabadi
Mehrzad Karimabadi*
Affiliation:
San Jose State University
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Abstract

Unlike most manifestoes that are created as mere written documents, Avini's Ravaayat e Fath is a manifesto in motion. The voiceover is a manifesto of martyrdom woven together with laments and a poetic account of what was happening in and around the battlefields during the Iran–Iraq war in about seventy episodes. Although Ravaayat e Fath is in film format, it aligns itself with the characteristics of a formal manifesto. Ravaayat e Fath, as mentioned in Janet Lyon's account of a formal Manifesto, is “the testimony of a historical present tense spoken in the impassioned voice of its participants” and “embellishes the urgency of struggle through a variety of conventions”.

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Iranian Studies , Volume 44 , Issue 3: Beyond the Iranian Frame: From Visual Representation to Socio-Political Drama , May 2011 , pp. 381 - 386
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Copyright © 2011 The International Society for Iranian Studies

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