Persian Literature

Fluidity of Motifs in Saeb Tabrizi's Poetry and Indian Style (A Case Study of Cypress and Cuckoo Motif)

Saeed Rahimi; Alireza Emami

Volume 12, Issue 2 , March 2023, , Pages 121-139

Abstract

Motifs are one of the most important structural and unifying elements in artistic and literary works. In the field of literature, motifs are among the important elements of many texts, ... Read More Motifs are one of the most important structural and unifying elements in artistic and literary works. In the field of literature, motifs are among the important elements of many texts, both poetry and fiction, as recurring stylistic elements. Of course, there are differences in the definition and role of motifs in poetry and fiction, and in this research, motifs are considered in their poetic function. In the history of Persian poetry, from the beginning, poets have used various motifs; For example, "candle and butterfly" and "flower and nightingale" are among the oldest motifs of Persian poetry. Some poets are more related to the use of motifs, and some have a special relationship with one or more specific motifs. With a more detailed study of the poetry of the Safavid period, known as Indian style poetry, we find that the use of motifs in the works of most of the poets of this period has a high frequency and significance. In addition to using this literary element a lot, the poets of this era also made some changes in the motifs in order to differentiate between their poems and the tradition of Persian poetry. One of the most important of these poets is Saeb Tabrizi, a poet of the 17th century and one of the most famous poets of the Indian style. He has a great tendency to thematize through the use of poetic motifs. Apart from that, the other characteristic of his poetry is the changes he makes in the meanings of the themes compared to their common and conventional meanings in the previous poems. In Persian literary research, these symbolic meanings are referred to as associations. In the present research, an attempt has been made to examine the evolution of poetic themes from a new perspective by matching the concept of the term association with the term motivation in the works of Gérard Genette, a contemporary French theoretician. In the end, by basing the theme of cypress and lunar/cuckoo in Saeb Tabrizi's sonnets, it has been concluded that one of the characteristics of Saeb's individual style and on a more general level, his period style is that his great desire to create new and original motivations for Poetic themes have caused a feature that was called "fluidity of motifs" in the present research. In many cases, this feature has led to the abstraction of multiple and sometimes chaotic and contradictory motivations for a single motif. In fact, the fluidity of the motifs can be seen as the excess of thematization and unbridled imaginations in the poetry of the period in question and a reaction to the possible loss that the poets of this period felt when looking at the great poets before them.

The Dialectics of Spiritual Poetry and Intuition of Meaning in Bidel Dehlavi’s Thoughts

majid azadbakht; hasanali pourmand; mina mohamadi vakil

Volume 9, Issue 1 , September 2019, , Pages 221-240

Abstract

We can explore Bidel Dehlavi’s epistemic system and artistic identity through two layers of intuitive experience and spiritual texts. A collateral bond, in terms of ontology and ... Read More

Examining Four Theories about a Verse Composed by Abdul-Qādir Bedil

mahdi tabatabaey

Volume 6, Issue 2 , June 2017, , Pages 95-112

Abstract

The comment of Professor Shafiee Kadkani about the incomprehensibility of one of Bidel's verses drew itself the particular attention of researchers, as far as Sayyed Hassan Hosseini ... Read More

Utilization of Persian Proverbs in Bidel's Sonnets

Hasan Zolfaghari; Seyed Mahdi Tabatbaie

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2016, , Pages 57-76

Abstract

As a "pillar of popular culture" and as a literary genre, proverb has been always paid attention by poets to the point that its utilization besides allegory and allusion is considered ... Read More

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Fluidity of Motifs in Saeb Tabrizi's Poetry and Indian Style (A Case Study of Cypress and Cuckoo Motif)

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The Dialectics of Spiritual Poetry and Intuition of Meaning in Bidel Dehlavi’s Thoughts

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Examining Four Theories about a Verse Composed by Abdul-Qādir Bedil

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Utilization of Persian Proverbs in Bidel's Sonnets

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