Historical metatexts of the plays "Verb", "Dream Report" and " Angel of history " written by "Mohammed Rezaei-rad" based on the theory of Gérard Genet

This research examines the historical metatexts of the works of "Mohammed Rezaei rad", a contemporary Iranian playwright, focusing on his use of the Marxist philosophy of history and his influence on the opinions of "Walter Benjamin" and seeks to discover the dramatic aspects of the said metatexts. In his works, especially in the three plays "Sleep Report," "Act," and "Angel of History", Rezai-Rad deals with historical and philosophical issues, which shows his deep connection with the school of Marxism and the influence of Benjamin's thoughts. This research uses "Gerard Genet's" transtextuality theory to show how Rezaei rad has created an innovative work by using the references and influences of previous texts. The main focus of this research is to identify and analyze the dramatic aspects of various historical metatexts in Rezai rad's plays, in which Marxist concepts such as "liberation" and "praxis" are specifically addressed. The intended metatexts are present in 5 forms of plotting, characterization, stage order, theme and dialogue and are mainly influenced by Benjamin's "Project of Passages", "On Language" and "Theses on the Concept of History". Another goal of this research is to discover how to use the desired metatexts as ideas in the form of a presentation form. The present research explores the influence of these concepts on the structure and content of Rezaei rad's works by comparative analysis and content analysis of plays. Focusing on his historical and critical approach is also one of the other aspects of this research. In addition, the present research shows how Rezaei rad achieved a new interpretation of history and art by re-creating and changing Marxist and Benjamin theses. This re-creation is considered not only as a way to deepen Marxist ideas, but also as a way to criticize and re-examine the contemporary history of Iran. Based on the data in Rezaei rad's written works and related scientific sources, this research confirms the research hypotheses and shows how this playwright has used the Marxist philosophy of history to provide new perspectives on the role of art in society. This research aims to answer how, the ways of occurrence and the purpose of using historical references in the discussed plays. Rezaei rad's important work is that he adapted the desired Marxist ideas into a dramatic form and used them in the play. These formal changes in Marxist ideas during the adaptation have led to the re-creation of history and a new meaning by Rezaei rad. The result of this historical re-creation by the author is to criticize Iranian society, and Rezaei rad's main intention of establishing these metatextual relationships is realized in this way. Each of the borrowed historical ideas has been used for a different purpose, but most of these references have been used around the purposes influenced by Marxism, among the most important of which we can call the audience to do voluntary action, invite the audience to revolution, criticize the progressive view of history. And he pointed out the support of the oppressed and the oppressed of history.