Sufism and Mysticism
reza aghayarizahed; naser nikoubakht; hoseinali ghobadi; saied bozorgbighdeli
Abstract
After the composition of the great work of Molavi called “Masnavi”, different explanations have been proposed for it by different scholars through the pass of time. Currently we can observe the viewpoints of different literary writers and through comparing their views we can understand ...
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After the composition of the great work of Molavi called “Masnavi”, different explanations have been proposed for it by different scholars through the pass of time. Currently we can observe the viewpoints of different literary writers and through comparing their views we can understand that: up to now there have been very varied outlooks towards the verses in Masnavi in explanations approaches utilized by the different thought schools. As we investigated about the word “Rostam” known as one of the six symbols of the myths proposed in descriptions of Masnavi, proposed by Forouzanfar, Shahidi, Jaafari, Estelami, Zamani, and Golbinarly we found the response for the question that what was the outlook of those who explained Masnavi encountering myth symbols. Although in Masnavi, Rostam is often known as a complete humane sample because he is believed to be a national hero and Malavi has put him next to Imam Ali (PBUH) and Hamzeh, prophet’s uncle, the results of studies show that the explaining scholars have noticed the role of myth symbols only partially and they have not mentioned anything about the mythology history of Rostam. They have translated the verses related to Rostam colloquially and did not considered the myth and mystic characteristics of him. On the whole they have ignored to refer Rostam as an epic hero which the symbol of a complete human in the thoughts of Molavi.
. Epicical and Mythical Literature
JABBAR NASIRI; eshaq toghiani
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Narrative love poems constitute a part of Persian classical literary texts, and they are divided into three areas of epic, lyrical, and mystical literature. One of the common features of these works is the extensive presence of the and mythological archetypes and elements in them which could be described, ...
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Narrative love poems constitute a part of Persian classical literary texts, and they are divided into three areas of epic, lyrical, and mystical literature. One of the common features of these works is the extensive presence of the and mythological archetypes and elements in them which could be described, evaluated, and discussed using mythological criticism. In this paper some of the poems of the collection of One Hundred Persian Narrative Love Poems are discussed using the comparative mythological approach of Max Muller regarding the structure and character interaction. Reading the poems in the light of this approach allows us to determine why the protagonists journey lasts one year, to what purpose the orient and the occident are mentioned (China and Roman Empire), the reason behind the presence of a guide, witches and seducing women, horoscopic names, fictional characters and the manifold adventures of the protagonist of the poems. . .
Volume 71, Issue 237 , September 2018, , Pages 59-73
Abstract
Time is one of the mental concerns of human beings. There are difference views toward time in difference historical, epical, mythological ages. The study of epical works can clarify these approaches toward time which contain mythological, epical, historical and philosophical view. Since time and space ...
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Time is one of the mental concerns of human beings. There are difference views toward time in difference historical, epical, mythological ages. The study of epical works can clarify these approaches toward time which contain mythological, epical, historical and philosophical view. Since time and space collocate in Shahname, in this study the reason of this collocation and the structure of time are investigated. There are four kinds of time in Shahname: astronomical, mythological, philosophical and historical. Consequently, since time share the philosophical concept with space they collocate together Time is one of the mental concerns of human beings. There are difference views toward time in difference historical, epical, mythological ages. The study of epical works can clarify these approaches toward time which contain mythological, epical, historical and philosophical view. Since time and space collocate in Shahname, in this study the reason of this collocation and the structure of time are investigated. There are four kinds of time in Shahname: astronomical, mythological, philosophical and historical. Consequently, since time share the philosophical concept with space they collocate together
Ali Akbar Sam Khaniani; Mustafa Malek Paein
Volume 65, Issue 226 , January 0, , Pages 23-47
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The Story of Lion and Cow in Kelile and Demne has a lot of literary beauties; applying different literary criticisms and various meaningful readings in the context of this story, one can determine the aesthetic factors and their effects on the readers. One the most efficient literary criticism in this ...
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The Story of Lion and Cow in Kelile and Demne has a lot of literary beauties; applying different literary criticisms and various meaningful readings in the context of this story, one can determine the aesthetic factors and their effects on the readers. One the most efficient literary criticism in this regard is the mythical criticism. This study tries to analyze the Story of Lion and Cow in Kelile and Demne based on the Theory of Jung regarding Archetypes and Symbols, and its integration with the Northrop Fry Theory about the mitoses forming a literary work. To do this, after explaining the theoretical framework and method of this study, the symbols and archetypes of different parts of this story would be analyzed applying mythical analysis; then their relations with mitoses forming that part would be expressed. The Story of Lion and Cow in Kelile and Demne has a lot of literary beauties; applying different literary criticisms and various meaningful readings in the context of this story, one can determine the aesthetic factors and their effects on the readers. One the most efficient literary criticism in this regard is the mythical criticism. This study tries to analyze the Story of Lion and Cow in Kelile and Demne based on the Theory of Jung regarding Archetypes and Symbols, and its integration with the Northrop Fry Theory about the mitoses forming a literary work. To do this, after explaining the theoretical framework and method of this study, the symbols and archetypes of different parts of this story would be analyzed applying mythical analysis; then their relations with mitoses forming that part would be expressed. The Story of Lion and Cow in Kelile and Demne has a lot of literary beauties; applying different literary criticisms and various meaningful readings in the context of this story, one can determine the aesthetic factors and their effects on the readers. One the most efficient literary criticism in this regard is the mythical criticism. This study tries to analyze the Story of Lion and Cow in Kelile and Demne based on the Theory of Jung regarding Archetypes and Symbols, and its integration with the Northrop Fry Theory about the mitoses forming a literary work. To do this, after explaining the theoretical framework and method of this study, the symbols and archetypes of different parts of this story would be analyzed applying mythical analysis; then their relations with mitoses forming that part would be expressed.
Mehdi Rezaei
Volume 69, Issue 234 , January 0, , Pages 33-54
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The mythical trips of the world have special structures that differentiate it with other kinds of the trips. The structure of those trips have different practical modes. The characters and transportation vehicles are two important practical factors, which help the realization of the trips with their ...
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The mythical trips of the world have special structures that differentiate it with other kinds of the trips. The structure of those trips have different practical modes. The characters and transportation vehicles are two important practical factors, which help the realization of the trips with their magical power. There are many trips in shahname, which match the structure of universal mythical trips and some trips, which do not match them. This article aims at comparing the stories of shahname up to the end of Alexander’s story with the other mythical stories. The similarities and differences of these stories have analyzed.
Hamid Reza Farzi; Mohammad Reza Abedi
Volume 67, Issue 230 , January 0, , Pages 113-134
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Myths as primitive human insight about human and world are usually reflected in culture and literature of the nations in transformational way. Marzban book is one of the texts that myths and legends can be traced in them. In this article, mythical themes of the story of Shahriyar Babel with Shahriyarzadeh ...
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Myths as primitive human insight about human and world are usually reflected in culture and literature of the nations in transformational way. Marzban book is one of the texts that myths and legends can be traced in them. In this article, mythical themes of the story of Shahriyar Babel with Shahriyarzadeh in Marzban book have been investigated. It is assumed that this story depicts rituals and ceremonies of initiation. Therefore, content analysis of the story proved conformity of this story with initiation ceremony so that all elements and steps of initiation including solitude, separation, taking trainees to the hunting ground, hardship (torture), climbing up the tree and etc are seen. Of course, there are symbolic and archetypical elements in the text related to the main content (initiation) and these elements have been analyzed accordingly.
