A Study of Elements of Story in Fariba Kalhor’s “The End of a Man”, “The Beginning of a Woman” and “My Dear Husband”

Fariba Kalhor is well-known author of Children’s literature in the past forty years in Iran. She began her career in the field of fiction for adults with the publication of three novels- “The end of a Man”, “The Beginning of a Woman” and “My dear Husband” that have been received well by novel fans. Analysis of story elements of these three novels highly helps in understanding the characteristics of the writing of this writer. Thus, the present paper explores the elements of story and the relationship among story elements in the aforementioned novels and tries to show the ability of Kalhor in the field of fiction for adults. Kalhor has a long history of writing for children and knows writing techniques. She has been able to present significant works in the field of fiction by selecting political-emotional subjects and an absorbing language and tone. The research method is descriptive- analytical. Data collection and classification is done based on note taking and source study using descriptive method. Then a general analysis has been done in the conclusion.