Volume 18 (2026)
Volume 17 (2025)
Volume 16 (2024)
Volume 15 (2023)
Volume 14 (2022)
Volume 13 (2021)
Volume 12 (2020)
Volume 11 (2019)
Volume 10 (2018)
Volume 9 (2017)
Volume 8 (2016)
Volume 7 (2015)
Volume 6 (2014)
Volume 5 (2013)
Volume 4 (2012)
Volume 3 (2011)
Volume 2 (2010)
Volume 1 (2009)
Main Subjects = نقد
Number of Articles: 65
From the "Valid Observer" to the "Anti-Observer": A Theoretical Model for Elucidating the Process of Individuation in Rumi’s Mysticism
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 17 March 2026
Abstract
Aiming to elucidate the mechanism of "subject coherence" amidst the crushing pressure of "social judgment," this research seeks to propose a theoretical framework for analyzing the ... Read More
An Investigation into a Word in Asadi Tousi’s Garshasbnamah: Shekavand: a proper noun or: a word meaning “valley”
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 11 July 2026
Abstract
Beyond his prominent standing in poetry, Asadi Tusi is a major figure in Persian lexicography and word-formation, and his Garshāsp-nāma constitutes a rich corpus of archaic, obsolete, ... Read More
Examining Parvin Etisami's educational method based on Albert Bandura's socio-cognitive learning theory
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 02 September 2026
Abstract
This study uses a qualitative approach and deductive content analysis to examine the behavioral elements in Parvin E’tesami’s allegorical poems through the lens of Albert ... Read More
A Critique on Dictionary of Literary Figures with a Focus on the Poets of Fars
Volume 17, Issue 4 , February 2026, , Pages 79-94
Abstract
In Dictionary of Literary Figures (Farhang-e Sokhanvaran) written by Abdul Rasul Khayyāmpour (Tahbazzadeh) in two volumes, the pennames of Persian-speaking poets are listed alphabetically. ... Read More
A Semiotic Reading of Manouchehr Atashi's Poem "City of Image" Based on Riffaterre's Model
Volume 17, Issue 2 , August 2025, , Pages 85-100
Abstract
Michael Riffaterre (1924-2006), a French structuralist researcher, has conducted fundamental and significant research in the field of semiotics of poetry. His approach, ... Read More
The Clergymen in Nasser Khosrow's Poetry with an Emphasis on Critical Discourse Analysis
Volume 17, Issue 1 , April 2025, , Pages 1-18
Abstract
Discourse is "a meaningful piece of language whose parts are somehow related and has a specific purpose" (Yarmohammadi, 2004: 1). Critical discourse analysis is based on the opinions ... Read More
A Study of English Translations of Attar’s Conference of Birds Based on the Correct Understanding of the Original Text: A Case Study of Sholeh Wolpé and Dick Davis's Translations of the Story of Sheikh San’an
Volume 17, Issue 1 , April 2025, , Pages 87-104
Abstract
IntroductionTranslation of literary text is a challenging task. In literary translation, selecting the appropriate equivalent of words depends on the translator's understanding ... Read More
A Comparative Study of “Death” in the Poetry of Rumi and Henry Vaughan Based on Mulla Sadra's Theory of Substantial Motion
Volume 16, Issue 4 , March 2025, , Pages 27-40
Abstract
The issue of death has been one of the main issues of concern to most of the world’s poets and philosophers. Well-known poets such as Rumi in Persian literature and Henry Vaughan ... Read More
The Analysis of the Love Relationship of Khosrow and Shirin in Nezami’s Work from the Perspective of Schopenhauer’s Philosophical Idea of “Will to Live”
Volume 16, Issue 4 , March 2025, , Pages 81-104
Abstract
Romantic narratives constitute an important part for the history of human culture. Nezami’s world-famous work, Khosrow and Shirin has some hidden characteristics, such as the ... Read More
A Critical Reflection on Habib Yaghmaei’s Edition of Asadi Toossi’s Garshasbnamah
Volume 16, Issue 3 , December 2024, , Pages 1-22
Abstract
AbstractIf we consider the fame and popularity of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh as the first and most important reason for the anonymity of Toussi’s Grashasbnamah, the second ... Read More
Discourse of Shuubiya In The Narration Of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh (Based On Discourse Analysis Of Ernesto Laclau And Chantal Mouffe)
Volume 16, Issue 1 , June 2024, , Pages 137-164
Abstract
Shuubiya discourse was a reaction against the superiority and governing to Iranians life and chastity which had continued about from the first A.H. century to the sixth and seventh ... Read More
The Influence of Gender on Bereavement Behaviors In Persian Personal Elegies
Volume 15, Issue 4 , March 2024, , Pages 1-30
Abstract
Among the factors affecting the quality of mourning, "Gender", as a cultural-social element, is important and worthy of study. It should be noted that the concept of gender is different ... Read More
The defamiliarization of the court elements in the sonnets of Hindi style poets
Volume 12, Issue 3 , November 2020, , Pages 1-30
Abstract
Defamiliarization, is one of the important techniques to escape vulgarity in structure and content of art, which is the tool of the poets' imagination to receive a distinctive and exciting ... Read More
Discourse and textual analysis of Rumiʼs Quatrains
Volume 12, Issue 3 , November 2020, , Pages 87-112
Abstract
In analyzing Rumi's quatrains (Rubaiyat), the researcher has followed the discourse and textual construction proposed by Lotfallah Yarmohammadi applied to studying Khayyam's ... Read More
Criticizing and Analyzing the Anecdote “the right women whose husband has gone on a trip” in Attar’s Ilāhī-Nāma based on Greimas theory
Volume 12, Issue 2 , September 2020, , Pages 188-213
Abstract
Algirdas Julien Greimas is one of the semioticians in the field of narrative who, after Propp, presents a pattern in structural semantics known as the actional model. ... Read More
Studying the effects of Panopticism & Self-censorship Based on Literary Auto-criticism
Volume 12, Issue 1 , June 2020, , Pages 262-290
Abstract
There are numerous examples in the world literature history in which the authors have compulsively kept away of direct expression or clarification of the subject and have even used ... Read More
Nostalgia in the Poetry of Gulrukhsor Safieva
Volume 11, Issue 4 , March 2020, , Pages 47-70
Abstract
Abstract Gulrukhsor (1947- ) is one of the most prominent representatives of nationalism in contemporary Tajik poetry. By experiencing cultural nationalism and by taking ... Read More
Reflection of the Domination of Ghaznavid and Seljuk Rulers in the Poetry of that Period (considering Machiavelli's views)
Volume 11, Issue 4 , March 2020, , Pages 113-138
Abstract
ABSTRACT The secularist theory of power in post-Islamic Iran was more pronounced when the Sunni religion was prevalent putting efficacy and pragmatism at the heart ... Read More
criticizing and analyzing correction Moshtaq e Isfahani Divan
Volume 11, Issue 3 , November 2019, , Pages 129-148
Abstract
Mir Sayyed Ali Moushtag Esfahani is a poet of the twelfth century and is a follower of the school of return. A romantic Indian style, which coincided with the Safavid period, provided ... Read More
Stylistics of the narrator's discourse in Sa'di's Bustan
Volume 11, Issue 2 , September 2019, , Pages 123-140
Abstract
Abstract The present research is an analysis of the nature of the narrator of Sa'di's Bustan and, of the audience that the narrator expects. The aim is to understand ... Read More
Graphic Structures and Referrals in the Ghazals of Hafez
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2019, , Pages 83-104
Abstract
Goli* ... Read More
A Study of Imagery in the Poetry of Blind Poets with an Emphasis on Shurideh Shirazi and Mahin Zoraqi
Volume 10, Issue 3 , November 2018, , Pages 95-118
Abstract
ABSTRACT The imagery in poetry of blind poets is not a subject approached by critics. In this paper, the imagery used by such poets is discussed. This study focusses on divan ... Read More
Analysis of Sensible/Stative system in Ghazals of Kamal Khojandi: A Semiotics Approach
Volume 10, Issue 3 , November 2018, , Pages 119-140
Abstract
Analysis of Sensible/Stative system in Ghazals of Kamal Khojandi: A Semiotics Approach Abstract Kamal Khojandi is a celebrated poet of the eighth and early ninth century. ... Read More
Literary Exploitation of Terminology and Slip of the Meter and Rhymes in the Construction of the Poem's Image and Content
Volume 10, Issue 2 , October 2018, , Pages 73-92
Abstract
Literary Exploitation of Terminology and Slip of the Meter and Rhymes in the Construction of the Poem's Image and Content M. Dehrami* Jiroft University Abstract Persian ... Read More
A Psychological Analysis of the Character of "Bahram" in Nezami's Haft Peykar Based on Story Therapy
Volume 10, Issue 2 , October 2018, , Pages 109-128