University of Tehran Research in Contemporary World Literature 2588-4131 18 1 2013 03 21 Two Themes of "Water" and "Fire" in "Nocturnal Harmony of Wood Orchestra" Two Themes of "Water" and "Fire" in "Nocturnal Harmony of Wood Orchestra" 167 183 50914 10.22059/jor.2013.50914 FA Elahe Sadate Hashemi Zhale Kahnemoei Por Journal Article 2013 11 16 Thematic Criticism is a<br />kind of approach in literary criticism, which was innovated in the 1950s. It is<br />regarded as the prelude of New Criticism. The founder of such a criticism is<br />Gaston Bachelard. Bachelard investigates the unconscious images of the text<br />which have formed out of the imaginary concept of the material. In Bachelard's<br />opinion, four elements make up man's fantasy. In the present paper, considering<br />Bachelard's approach we tried to study two themes of 'water' and 'fire' in<br />"Nocturnal Harmony for Wood Orchestra".  In this novel, water is the symbol of Death<br />and Life and fire shows images of death and destruction and also punishment.<br />But there are some instances of showing death by water. Thematic Criticism is a<br />kind of approach in literary criticism, which was innovated in the 1950s. It is<br />regarded as the prelude of New Criticism. The founder of such a criticism is<br />Gaston Bachelard. Bachelard investigates the unconscious images of the text<br />which have formed out of the imaginary concept of the material. In Bachelard's<br />opinion, four elements make up man's fantasy. In the present paper, considering<br />Bachelard's approach we tried to study two themes of 'water' and 'fire' in<br />"Nocturnal Harmony for Wood Orchestra".  In this novel, water is the symbol of Death<br />and Life and fire shows images of death and destruction and also punishment.<br />But there are some instances of showing death by water. https://jor.ut.ac.ir/article_50914_fa94500ea4a6f15c57d138752d1b3ebe.pdf