A study of the novel "Night Harmony of the Wood Orchestra" based on Albert Bandura's theory of cognitive-social learning

The present study is an analysis of Reza Ghasemi's novel "The Night Harmony of the Wood Orchestra" based on Albert Bandura's theory of cognitive-social learning. Psychology and literature add to each other's richness through interrelationships. Psychological theories help to understand literary characters, and the literature provides concrete examples to support the views of psychologists. Based on this idea, the aim of the present research method is a comparative type of qualitative content analysis and library data collection method using the supportive theory of Albert Bandura. The research findings show that in this literary work, three key presuppositions of Bandura theory can be seen, which means that the interaction between people, environmental factors and the behavior of the characters in the story is observed. The atmosphere of the novel and the main characters also shows how observational learning is passed down from generation to generation. Another important finding is that the author has shown that cognitive-social learning is impaired due to the conflict between tradition and modernism and has confused the characters of the story. From an educational perspective, the present interpretation contributes to our understanding of the role of social change and the conflict between tradition and modernism in accelerating or disrupting the observational learning of the younger generation.