Research Paper
Cycle and cyclic Meter and the origin of Poetic Choice in cyclic Meter
Cycle and cyclic Meter and the origin of Poetic Choice in cyclic Meter

Abdoreaz Seif; Mohammad Javad Azimi

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2016, Pages 1-18

Abstract
  The word “Cycle” (Dowr in Persian) has been used in the old prosody, but cyclic meter has been discussed anymore. Cyclic meters, in modern prosody, refers to a group of ...  Read More
Research Paper
Anti- West Beliefs in Works of Hedayat, Al-e-Ahmad and Sāedi
Anti- West Beliefs in Works of Hedayat, Al-e-Ahmad and Sāedi

nasser alizadeh; bahram afzali

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2016, Pages 19-37

Abstract
  A new antagonistic discourse has been formed among intellectuals, in the intellectual history of the world.  Some anti-British, and after September 1941 anti-American activities ...  Read More
Research Paper
: Lamei Gorgani, Manuscripts, Anthologies, Biographies, Newly-founded verses
: Lamei Gorgani, Manuscripts, Anthologies, Biographies, Newly-founded verses

Esmaeil Shamoushaki

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2016, Pages 39-56

Abstract
  Lamei Gorgani was a famous poet who lived in 5th century AH during the reign of great Seljuks. Since he belongs to the period of cultural transition from the Ghaznavids to the Seljuks, ...  Read More
Research Paper
Utilization of Persian Proverbs in Bidel's Sonnets
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
Research Paper
Wisdom vs. Idiocy the Fundamental theme of Tales of the Prophets in Holy Qur'an
Wisdom vs. Idiocy the Fundamental theme of Tales of the Prophets in Holy Qur'an

Gholamali Fallah

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2016, Pages 77-95

Abstract
  In the history of Human-culture, story is like one who is absent while he is present, and almost all monotheistic and non-monotheistic religions have used it in their Holy Books to ...  Read More
Research Paper
Two Versions of Jāmiʻ al-Tamthīl
Two Versions of Jāmiʻ al-Tamthīl

shahram azadian; mohammad ali ejtehadian

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2016, Pages 97-111

Abstract
  Jāmiʻ al-Tamthīlwas written in 11th Century AH. by Muḥammad ʻAlī Hablehrūdī. This book is a collection of proverbs, insights and anecdotes and some sermons associated ...  Read More
Research Paper
A Study of Iran Southern Regions' Image during 1940s
in the novel Hamsāye-hā(the neighbors)
A Study of Iran Southern Regions' Image during 1940s in the novel Hamsāye-hā(the neighbors)

Ali Afzali; Zeynab Qasemi Asl

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2016, Pages 113-133

Abstract
  Reviewing the feedback of society's image and different relations in society in in the world of imagination is one of the issues is considered when a literary work is studied. Undoubtedly ...  Read More
Research Paper
Ibn-e Hâjib in a Fictional Allusion
Ibn-e Hâjib in a Fictional Allusion

Mohammad Shadrooymanesh

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2016, Pages 135-148

Abstract
  There is a semi-proverbial expression in some Persian literary texts that has not yet indexed in none of Persian dictionaries –such as Loqat-nameh or any other proverb references ...  Read More
Research Paper
Hujviri’s Methodology in Defining and Criticizing the Sufism Terminology
Hujviri’s Methodology in Defining and Criticizing the Sufism Terminology

Alireza Mohammadi Kaleh-Sar

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2016, Pages 149-168

Abstract
  Adhering to the old traditions, Hujviri employs a particular method in his own definitions of the principles and terminology of Sufism that can justify his different comment on such ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Stylistics Study of Verbs in Hafiz's Sonnets, 
A Functional Approach
The Stylistics Study of Verbs in Hafiz's Sonnets, A Functional Approach

Masoumeh Amirkhanlou

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2016, Pages 169-186

Abstract
  Language has different functions and uses in society and social phenomena in functionalist grammar. So, linguistic phenomena can be studied through this approach. On the basis of functional ...  Read More