Foreign Languages
Mostafa Hosseini
Abstract
Johnson and Sa’di: Two Intimate Strangers, written by Helen Ouliaeinia, is a very useful work in the realm of Persian-English comparative literature. It deals with the unorthodox structural and thematic similarities (and somehow differences) between Johnson’s The History of Rasselas, Prince ...
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Johnson and Sa’di: Two Intimate Strangers, written by Helen Ouliaeinia, is a very useful work in the realm of Persian-English comparative literature. It deals with the unorthodox structural and thematic similarities (and somehow differences) between Johnson’s The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia and S’adi's Golestan. She tries to show documentarily that Johnson’s Rasselas has been probably influenced both structurally and thematically by the great Persian poet and writer Sa’di of Shiraz. The present book falls within the realm of the French school of comparative literature, especially “influence studies”. The present paper is composed of three major sections. The first section introduces the author and his seminal book. The second part tries to discuss the book in terms of formal features. Here, typographical errors and some stylistic shortcomings are highlighted. The last section deals with the content of the book. At the end of this part, some points are suggested to enrich the text. To sum up, it is too difficult to accept the author’s claims about Johnsons’ influences.
Arabic Language and Literature
Hosein Abavisani
Abstract
Today, comparative literature has a special place in various literary disciplines and has played an indelible role in expressing relationships, acting and reacting between them. In addition, by showing the strengths and weaknesses of each, the richness of the literature of nations has also been brought. ...
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Today, comparative literature has a special place in various literary disciplines and has played an indelible role in expressing relationships, acting and reacting between them. In addition, by showing the strengths and weaknesses of each, the richness of the literature of nations has also been brought. The book "Al-adab-Almoqaran Fi-Alderasat Almoqaranat Altatbiqiaat", by Dawood Salum, is a writing paper in the field of comparative literature that attempts to present a brief description of the theories and schools of comparative literature, which is a fairly significant volume of Arabic and non-Arabic cultural and literary works. It also shows the impact of comparative literature so as to reveal the backgrounds, attributes, and effects of each type of comparative literature. The present paper aims to introduce this work, present its weaknesses and strengths through a descriptive-analytic way. The results show that the book, while partially successful in achieving some of its goals, faces shortcomings and challenges.
Foreign Languages
Mostafa Hosseini
Abstract
The Effect of Persian Literature on English Literature written by Hassan Javadi is one of the sources of the course Generalities of Comparative Literature. This book addresses the effect of Persian literature on English literature from the late middle ages to the end of the twentieth century. The present ...
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The Effect of Persian Literature on English Literature written by Hassan Javadi is one of the sources of the course Generalities of Comparative Literature. This book addresses the effect of Persian literature on English literature from the late middle ages to the end of the twentieth century. The present book falls within the framework of comparative literature, especially the French school because Javadi mentioned these sources one by one and provided sufficient evidence and documentation on the basis of valid and first hand sources. Studying the literary relationships, especially the effectiveness and affectedness of writers and poets, in the language and literature of various countries is one of the most important areas of research of the French comparative school. The present article investigates this book in the realm of comparative literature and has three main sections: The first section introduces the work and its author and the position of this book compared to similar books and identifies its strengths and weaknesses. The second section addresses the formal analysis of the book and discusses its drawbacks and shortcomings and the third section investigates the content analysis.
Arabic Language and Literature
Hadi Nazari Monazam
Volume 18, Issue 11 , January 2019, , Pages 183-202
Abstract
Comparative literature does not have the same and specific meaning. Actually, as a result of extensive alteration of meanings (eloquence) and development in the region of research, it can be said that nowadays just the mentality of accosting by literature and different cultures are dominant. Arab’s ...
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Comparative literature does not have the same and specific meaning. Actually, as a result of extensive alteration of meanings (eloquence) and development in the region of research, it can be said that nowadays just the mentality of accosting by literature and different cultures are dominant. Arab’s researchers are increasing and their approaches are varied. As a matter of fact, they are interested in searching a specific identity for Arab’s comparative literature, an identity that does not have any dependence on west and its matters. However, talking about Arab’s comparative literature is still new. This paper makes an attempt to study Ahmad Abdolaziz’s book entitled Nahva Nazariyya Jadida Leladab Almogharan by using descriptive and analytical and comparative ways; it also aims to review the positive points, difficulties, and content issues. This book is published in two copies and the author invited the readers to a new comparative literature bravely. But, the result shows that his attempt is an approach between France classicism and American unbridle and free ideology.He refers to France theory in the comparative part, and it is not an exaggeration if he said we cannot find anyspecific book’s idea in the world of comparative literature as well as Arab comparative literature.
Arabic Language and Literature
Seyyed Ali Seraj
Volume 18, Issue 4 , August 2018, , Pages 75-96
Abstract
Myths are formed based on human nature and the mind, and the language of the current period is fluid. So, myths have been considered as the integral part of literature. Whenever the poets and writers see the wishes of the people in danger, they turned to myth. One of the most transformative ...
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Myths are formed based on human nature and the mind, and the language of the current period is fluid. So, myths have been considered as the integral part of literature. Whenever the poets and writers see the wishes of the people in danger, they turned to myth. One of the most transformative periods in contemporary literary Persian and Arabic literature, can be influenced by factors such as political developments, arrogance, the pressure of internal despotic poets imbued with idealism. In this study, the effects of myth in a poem by Khalil Alhavi (1919- 1982) and M. Atashi (1310- 1384) were explored based on analytic approach which is in accordance with the myth functions as a means of awakening people to select the most motivated poets mentioned in this research.
