Persian Language and Literature
Zakarya Bezdoode; Cyrus Amiri
Abstract
The present paper aims to apply a critical reading to the book entitled “Theory of Genre: An Analytical and Historical Approach”, by Mahdi Zarghani and Mahmood Reza Ghorban Sabbagh which was first published in 2015 by Hermes Publications. The book includes four parts and sixteen chapters. ...
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The present paper aims to apply a critical reading to the book entitled “Theory of Genre: An Analytical and Historical Approach”, by Mahdi Zarghani and Mahmood Reza Ghorban Sabbagh which was first published in 2015 by Hermes Publications. The book includes four parts and sixteen chapters. It is a historical and, at parts, a critical review of the theory of genre from Plato to the present. It is a comprehensive book with encyclopedic features that endeavors to review and explicate the theory of genre throughout history. A review of the book shows that although the authors have achieved their goals relatively, the book needs to be reviewed and revised particularly concerning the content and the method of the study. In this paper, we have tried to point to some of these methodical and textual shortcomings that need to be considered and possibly corrected for the future reprinting of the book
