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 ...
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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 as one of stylistic features of Persian Literature. Poets have not had same approach toward proverb in different historical periods of Persian literature, and as the trajectory of literary history continues from the beginning until now, this approach gets more highlighted; especially in recent centuries due to the stronger literary links exist between language and folklore. The Indian Style can be considered as the turning point of proverb utilization in Persian literature that made it a criterion to assess the poets' capability; and the poets of this period unveiled some new proverbs and other innovations in addition to common proverbs existed in poems. Bidel was one of those poets who considered a notable position for proverb and there are less of his sonnets with no proverb in it. Providing some examples of Bidel's verses, this study is to evaluate the rate and the quality of his impressibility from Persian proverbs.The research has been accomplished on the basis of documentaries and library facilities by the method of content analysis and data classification.
