Journal of Razavi Culture

Abstract Introducing the life and face of Imam Reza (a.s.) and getting to know his personality is one of the main goals of the authors and composers of Razavi literature for children and teenagers, which the activists of this field have seen as a mission and are trying to achieve this in different ways. find Paying attention to the knowledge that the introduction of Imam Reza’s face is more desirable and appropriate can have a great impact on planning, decisions and improving the quality of Razavi’s works for children and teenagers. For this reason, the aim of the current research is to analyze the characteristics of the desirable and appropriate introduction of Imam Reza’s life and appearance in children’s and adolescent fiction literature and to enrich it from the perspective of experts in this field based on a qualitative approach and contextual theory. The required data were collected through theoretical and targeted sampling through in-depth semi-structured interviews with teachers and experts in the field of literature and children in the city of Qom and through three processes; Open, central and selective coding, conceptualization and analysis. The findings of the research included 162 primary concepts, 55 sub-themes and 18 main themes, and the core category was “the richness of introducing the image of Imam Reza (a.s.) in children’s and adolescent literature”. Also, the paradigm model represents conditions and causes, factors and necessary necessities. In order to enrich the introduction and familiarization of Imam Reza (a.s.) in fiction literature for children and teenagers, it is necessary for all the influential components to provide the consequences of this by adopting the necessary measures and strategies.