Research Paper
Inspiration and Industry in the Opinion of Persian Mystic Poets
(The Opinion of Sanai, Attar and Mowlavi about the Origin of Poetry)
Inspiration and Industry in the Opinion of Persian Mystic Poets (The Opinion of Sanai, Attar and Mowlavi about the Origin of Poetry)

Alireza Hajian Nejad; Roohollah Hadi; yasin Esmaeili

Volume 8, Issue 1 , September 2018, Pages 1-20

Abstract
  Determining the origin of poetry has always been one of the oldest issues of literary criticism. This debate began firstly in Greece where, based on existing sources, Plato and Aristotle ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Details of Rafsanjan's Feminine Traditional Clothing in Local Quatrains
The Details of Rafsanjan's Feminine Traditional Clothing in Local Quatrains

Mostafa Moosavi; Zeynab Kabiriyan

Volume 8, Issue 1 , September 2018, Pages 21-36

Abstract
  The city of Rafsanjan is located in the northwest of Kerman province, Iran and its people speak in a local dialect of Persian. Oral literature plays a significant role in the popular ...  Read More
Research Paper
A Comparative Look at Allegory in Literary Studies
A Comparative Look at Allegory in Literary Studies

Davood Esparham; zeynab akbari

Volume 8, Issue 1 , September 2018, Pages 37-55

Abstract
  “Allegory” is one of the oldest concepts that have been taken into consideration in many literary studies from rhetoric up to hermeneutics. No attempt has been made to clarify ...  Read More
Research Paper
Analysis of the Novel “Sālmargi” Based on Michael Riffaterre's Theory of Intertextual Semantics
Analysis of the Novel “Sālmargi” Based on Michael Riffaterre's Theory of Intertextual Semantics

Abdullah Hasanzadeh Mirali; Fatemeh Zamani

Volume 8, Issue 1 , September 2018, Pages 57-76

Abstract
  Intertextual semiotics is one of Michael Riffaterre's achievements in the field of intertextual criticism. He made effective efforts to apply the theory of intertextuality in texts ...  Read More
Research Paper
“Parvāneh” as a Governmental Term in Persian Literary and Historical Texts (Up to the End of the Eighth Century AH)
“Parvāneh” as a Governmental Term in Persian Literary and Historical Texts (Up to the End of the Eighth Century AH)

Maryam Seyedan

Volume 8, Issue 1 , September 2018, Pages 77-96

Abstract
  IRAN's governmental and administration system has changed throughout the history. Some of the jobs and government positions have been disappeared in this procedure, as well as some ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Principles of a New Plan for Reading 'Ajayeb-namehs
The Principles of a New Plan for Reading 'Ajayeb-namehs

Fatemeh Mehri

Volume 8, Issue 1 , September 2018, Pages 97-113

Abstract
  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-readin some literary studies ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Persian Kids and Adolescent Literature A Basis for Teaching Persian Language to Non-Persian Speaking Adults Proposal, Argument and Quality
The Persian Kids and Adolescent Literature A Basis for Teaching Persian Language to Non-Persian Speaking Adults Proposal, Argument and Quality

maryam sharifnasab; mohsen zoka asadi

Volume 8, Issue 1 , September 2018, Pages 115-134

Abstract
  Persian language learners can be classified by several aspects such as their nationalities, their mother-tongue, being mono or multilingual, and their age that is itself divided to ...  Read More