IHCS Contemporary Persian Literature 2383-0549 3 3 2014 11 22 An Analysis of the Elements of Modernism in Fictions: A Case Study of Plot Structure in the Novel Muddy Boot An Analysis of the Elements of Modernism in Fictions: A Case Study of Plot Structure in the Novel Muddy Boot 85 101 985 . FA Masoomeh Mahmoudi Ph.D in Persian Language and Literature, Allameh Tabataba’i University Journal Article 2012 10 28 The tendency towards writing psychological stories is considered as the most important flow in the modern story writing. In this storytelling style, the author attempts to delve into mind of the character/ s to find out more about their spiritual life. Amongst the female Iranian authors, Mansoureh Hosseini is the first one who has created stories using a style close to the stream of consciousness. <em>Muddy Boot </em>is the only story of this newly deceased author and painter which has not been studied at all. <br />This paper tries to make a structural analysis of the plot of this story and illustrate its modern features given the samples taken from the text. It is concluded that Mansoureh Hosseini had been able to create a modern story with psychological tendency through the use of inner monologues and burrowing the things that go on in the mind of the main character. The tendency towards writing psychological stories is considered as the most important flow in the modern story writing. In this storytelling style, the author attempts to delve into mind of the character/ s to find out more about their spiritual life. Amongst the female Iranian authors, Mansoureh Hosseini is the first one who has created stories using a style close to the stream of consciousness. <em>Muddy Boot </em>is the only story of this newly deceased author and painter which has not been studied at all. <br />This paper tries to make a structural analysis of the plot of this story and illustrate its modern features given the samples taken from the text. It is concluded that Mansoureh Hosseini had been able to create a modern story with psychological tendency through the use of inner monologues and burrowing the things that go on in the mind of the main character. http://contemporarylit.ihcs.ac.ir/article_985_372086e047f51b5b1f3a0296074ac913.pdf