Journal of Poetry Studies (boostan Adab)

There are various narratives about Bahram Chobin. A study of historical sources and the Shahnameh identifies four main perspectives: (1) popular stories and epic legends supporting ... Read More

Discursive Functions of Dialect Highlighting in Contemporary Poetry of North Khorasan Based on the Semiotics Approach (Case Study: The Poems of Duchenar and Laylaneha by Hasan Roshan)

fatemeh zamani; ebrahim kanani

Volume 18, Issue 2 , September 2026

https://doi.org/10.22099/jba.2025.50839.4550

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Linguistic highlighting, in various lexical, syntactic, temporal, dialectal, and semantic forms, plays a central role in literary creations. In the eco-poems, the poet's references ... Read More Linguistic highlighting, in various lexical, syntactic, temporal, dialectal, and semantic forms, plays a central role in literary creations. In the eco-poems, the poet's references to cultural, environmental, and ecological components lead to an increasing frequency of local words, resulting in dialectal highlighting. This research, employing a qualitative semiotics approach, examines the discursive functions of dialectal highlighting in contemporary poetry from North Khorasan. For this purpose, two collections of poetry, Dochenar and Laylanah (song selections) by Hassan Roshan (d. 1976), have been selected, in which a total of 328 local and dialectal words are used in Dochenar and Laylanah. These words are mainly centered around local names of places, food, clothing, and games, which activate multiple functions at the levels of discourse. From the perspective of the emotional function of discourse, these words express the poet's attachment to his birthplace and, on a cognitive level, help to represent his social and cultural identity. This creates an incremental structure in the tense syntax of the discourse that deepens the lived experience of the audience. In the sensory-perceptual dimension, the purposeful use of dialectal words, in a phenomenological way, causes a "presentation of the absent." By activating the subject's five senses in the process of receiving meaning, this presence transforms native objects into a "cultural icon" and, in a nostalgic atmosphere, evokes deep feelings such as pride, strength, and happiness in the speaker and the audience. This sensory-perceptual dynamic, beyond a simple representation, leads to the creation of a unique aesthetic experience. In this experience, local vocabulary, by creating a time of “aesthetic presence,” causes the speaker to break away from the objective world and connect with the inner world. The result of this process is the production of creative poetic meaning and images, and it expresses the poet’s unique “discursive subjectivity.

Investigating the extent and manner of the narrator's presence in the story "Rostam and Sohrab" of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh

Mohammad Reza Salehi Mazandarani; zahra nasirishiraz; Ghodrat Ghasemipour; Nasim Maraghi

Volume 18, Issue 2 , September 2026

https://doi.org/10.22099/jba.2025.53312.4648

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The present study focuses on the story of “Rostam and Sohrab” in Shahnameh and examines the modes of narrator presence and its impact on the structure of narration and the ... Read More

New information on Noqtavi works based on newly discovered poems by Amri Shirazi

Hamidreza Fahandezhsaadi

Volume 18, Issue 2 , September 2026

https://doi.org/10.22099/jba.2025.53096.4637

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Sheikh Abu al-Qasim Muhammad Amri Shirazi (killed in 999 AH) is a descendant of Bayazid Bastami and is considered one of the prominent figures of the Noqtawiyya sect in the second half ... Read More

Analysis of Parable from the Origins of Persian Poetry Texts

Ahmad Goli; Yadollah Nasrollahi; Fereshteh Ahikhteh

Volume 18, Issue 2 , September 2026

https://doi.org/10.22099/jba.2025.51531.4579

Abstract

The phenomenon of literary cohesion undoubtedly consists of components, each of which, through the internalization of its role and reciprocal interactions with other elements, contributes ... Read More

Examining the Influence of Nizami Ganjavi's Works on the Folk Tale of Koroğlu, with a Focus on Haft Peykar and Khosrow and Shirin

Mohammad Hossien Nikdarasl; Foroud Abdolahi

Volume 18, Issue 2 , September 2026

https://doi.org/10.22099/jba.2025.53133.4640

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Nezami Ganjavi, one of the greatest and most influential poets and stylists in Persian storytelling, immortalized themes such as good and evil, love, and loyalty in Persian literature ... Read More

The piran of Turan and Goudarz of Iran: A Comparison of Two Symbols of Wisdom in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh Based on Jung's Wise Old Man Archetype

abdollah vaceghabbasi; shahryar shahraki; jalaloddin gorgij

Volume 18, Issue 2 , September 2026

https://doi.org/10.22099/jba.2025.53884.4670

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The characters of Goudarz Gashvadegan and Piran Viseh in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh are two prominent figures from the opposing fronts of Iran and Turan. Despite their differing fates, they ... Read More

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Volume & Issue: Volume 18, Issue 2 - Serial Number 68, September 2026

The Transformation of the Narratives of Bahrām Chōbīn: Reflections of Diverse Perspectives in Ancient Sources and the Shāhnāmeh

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Discursive Functions of Dialect Highlighting in Contemporary Poetry of North Khorasan Based on the Semiotics Approach (Case Study: The Poems of Duchenar and Laylaneha by Hasan Roshan)

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Investigating the extent and manner of the narrator's presence in the story "Rostam and Sohrab" of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh

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New information on Noqtavi works based on newly discovered poems by Amri Shirazi

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Analysis of Parable from the Origins of Persian Poetry Texts

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Examining the Influence of Nizami Ganjavi's Works on the Folk Tale of Koroğlu, with a Focus on Haft Peykar and Khosrow and Shirin

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The piran of Turan and Goudarz of Iran: A Comparison of Two Symbols of Wisdom in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh Based on Jung's Wise Old Man Archetype

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