Tehran University, Faculty of Literature & Humanities Persian Literature 2251-9262 8 1 2018 08 23 The Principles of a New Plan for Reading 'Ajayeb-namehs The Principles of a New Plan for Reading 'Ajayeb-namehs 97 113 68921 10.22059/jpl.2018.121480.358 FA Fatemeh Mehri Assistant Professor in Persian Language and Literature, Shahid Beheshti University Journal Article 2018 05 08 The present study is about the old literary works known as 'Ajayeb-namehs (wonderings). Not being of much interest to the scholars, such texts have been re-read in some literary studies on the basis of the theory proposed by Tzvetan Todorov (<span style="background: white; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">a Bulgarian-French structuralist) about the genre of fantasy, and have been distinguished consistent with some of the concepts of his theory. But some methodological contradictions have occurred by mixing of concepts or the researchers' carelessness have led 'Ajayeb-namehs not being read correctly or being misunderstood in course of their nature. This study is to open up a new way of conducting a different reading of these texts and to outline the reasons for the importance of the “method” in the looking types about them through scrutinizing "science" as one of the fundamental concepts in definition of 'Ajayeb-namehs. It has been shown, in present study that 'Ajayeb-namehs can be read in different ways, based on the pictures we draw from science. Although paying attention to concepts evolution is one of the key points in reading these texts. In this way, enjoying a historical perspective that examines the emergence and development of texts in their own historical context has a fundamental role in understanding their nature. The present study is about the old literary works known as 'Ajayeb-namehs (wonderings). Not being of much interest to the scholars, such texts have been re-read in some literary studies on the basis of the theory proposed by Tzvetan Todorov (<span style="background: white; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">a Bulgarian-French structuralist) about the genre of fantasy, and have been distinguished consistent with some of the concepts of his theory. But some methodological contradictions have occurred by mixing of concepts or the researchers' carelessness have led 'Ajayeb-namehs not being read correctly or being misunderstood in course of their nature. This study is to open up a new way of conducting a different reading of these texts and to outline the reasons for the importance of the “method” in the looking types about them through scrutinizing "science" as one of the fundamental concepts in definition of 'Ajayeb-namehs. It has been shown, in present study that 'Ajayeb-namehs can be read in different ways, based on the pictures we draw from science. Although paying attention to concepts evolution is one of the key points in reading these texts. In this way, enjoying a historical perspective that examines the emergence and development of texts in their own historical context has a fundamental role in understanding their nature.

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