A Different Meaning of Black

Abstract The Little Black Fish by Samad Behrangi is one of the books that has a special place in the history of children and adolescent literature. Reza Rahgozar (Mohammad Reza Sarshar) considers this book to have no metaphorical meaning because black color does not have any revolutionary connotation. In this article, some features of hermeneutics theory are applied to understand the meaning of black. To this end, the meaning of black in a picture of a fictional poem and three articles are explored. It is argued that anticolonial liberation revolutions, especially in Africa, which were taking place at the same time, have been the focus of attention among  Iranian intellectuals of the time. Prior to the Islamic Revolution, the color black signified revolution and resistance to colonialism and despotism. Hence, the use of black in this story has its own metaphorical meaning. Discussing the relationship between metaphorical story and children’s literature, it is concluded that several reference books for children and adolescents must reconsider and revise what they have presented in this respect.