Shiraz University
Persian Literary Studies Journal
2322-2557
2717-2848
4
5.6
2015
11
22
Death in the Prism of Existentialism: A Comparative Reading of William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and Sadeq Chubak’s The Patient Stone
1
21
EN
Rasoul
Aliakbari
PhD student in Comparative Literature at the University of Alberta, Canada
rasoul@ualberta.ca
10.22099/jps.2015.3714
In this article, I compare William Faulkner's <em>As I Lay Dying</em> and Sadeq Chubak’s <em>The Patient Stone</em> with respect to the theme of death and from the perspective of Existentialism. I argue that despite Faulkner’s influence on Chubak and similarities in their writings, the Iranian modernist novel presents intellectual and aesthetic nuances catering to the domestic material circumstances of its composition. While <em>As I Lay Dying</em> offers a pro- Sartrean and nihilistic notion of mortality, the Iranian novel features a pro- Heideggerian and <em>authenticating</em> view of death. I use this comparison in order to transcend the notion of modern Iranian literature as merely influenced by Western literary models.
comparative literature,Iranian literary modernism,re-appropriation,Existentialism
https://plsj.shirazu.ac.ir/article_3714.html
https://plsj.shirazu.ac.ir/article_3714_9ef65fbd8cb2959120c55f87d1b949a1.pdf
Shiraz University
Persian Literary Studies Journal
2322-2557
2717-2848
4
5.6
2015
09
01
An Ecocritical Reading of Saʿdī’s “The Mocaddamah; or, Introduction to the Gulistan of Shaikh Sadi”
23
38
EN
Massih
Zekavat
Assistant Prof. of English Literature
zekavat@yazd.ac.ir
10.22099/jps.2015.3716
In his article, “An Ecocritical Reading of Saʿdī’s ‘The Mocaddamah; or, Introduction to the Gulistan of Shaikh Sadi’” Massih Zekavat argues that some aspects of ecological conceptualizations seem to have remained unchanged in Iran since the thirteenth century. He also explores the possibility of applying one of the most recent western critical approaches to a distinguished text in the Persian literary canon and offers the novel understanding that such reading can provide. After a brief introduction to the main pertinent tenets of ecocriticism, a rhetorical reading of Saʿdī’s “Introduction” to <em>Gulistān</em> within the framework of ecocriticism explicates its environmental attitudes, some of which are still prevalent in the contemporary Iranian episteme. Cornucopia is a dominant notion in the “Introduction” and some of its descriptions resemble those of the pastoral tradition. Moreover, human/nature, man/woman, and culture/nature binary oppositions partly shape the logic of domination in the “Introduction”; and the privileged status of the dominator in these binaries leads to the otherness of nature, androcentrism and anthropocentrism.
Saʿdī’s Gulistān (The Rose Garden),ecocriticism,rhetorical reading,metaphor
https://plsj.shirazu.ac.ir/article_3716.html
https://plsj.shirazu.ac.ir/article_3716_00184c000f291fc1335d4127014fab3d.pdf
Shiraz University
Persian Literary Studies Journal
2322-2557
2717-2848
4
5.6
2015
11
22
Three Christological Themes in Persian Literature
39
67
EN
Narjes
Javandel
University of Qom
javandel@gmail.com
10.22099/jps.2015.3751
One prominent aspect in Persian literature that distinguishes it from the literatures of other nations is the inclusive religious tone of this literature, especially from the tenth century (C.E.) onward. Divine messages heard from the tongues of the prophets of the Abrahamic religions are featured in Persian poetry. The poets and writers of Persian literature have given a prominent place to a number of themes from the life and message of Jesus Christ (<em>‘a</em>). In this paper after giving some information about how Persian language started to bloom, and become a language of science and literature, the status of Jesus in Persian literature, which has its base in the Qur’an and in Islamic narrations, is discussed. Later on, a brief sketch of the development of Sufi literature is reviewed in order to indicate the manner in which references to Jesus (<em>‘a</em>) function with particular attention to the works of ‘Attar, Rumi, Sa<em>‘</em>di and Hafiz. This paper focuses on three major themes related to Jesus (<em>‘a</em>) that are of major significance in Persian literature: his breath, his donkey, and Dajjāl (the Antichrist). We show how these themes are employed to develop an Islamic Christology in keeping with the spirituality and the moral and mystical teachings of the mystical traditions in Islam.
Persian literature,Jesus,Christology,Sufi literature,the breath of Jesus,Firdausi,Khaqani,Sa‘di,‘Attar,Rumi,Hafiz,Dajjal
https://plsj.shirazu.ac.ir/article_3751.html
https://plsj.shirazu.ac.ir/article_3751_e364d510ac55297ecb911bfecb876580.pdf
Shiraz University
Persian Literary Studies Journal
2322-2557
2717-2848
4
5.6
2015
11
22
Hedayat’s Neighbour: The Fictional Legacy of Gholam-Hosayn Sa’edi, Ghahreman Shiri, Tehran: Butimar, 2015. pp. 284 .
1
3
EN
Mostafa
Hosseini
Bu-Ali Sina University
10.22099/jps.2015.3717
https://plsj.shirazu.ac.ir/article_3717.html
https://plsj.shirazu.ac.ir/article_3717_f315d3aa4afc07effcf8eeff41511706.pdf