Modern reflections of classical traditions in Persian fiction

by Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press in Lewiston, N.Y

Written in English

Published: 2003 Pages: 165 Downloads: 688

Subjects:

Persian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-159) and index.

Classifications
Statement	Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami.
Series	Studies in comparative literature -- 54, Studies in comparative literature (Lewiston, N.Y.)
LC Classifications	PK6423 .K48 2003
The Physical Object
Pagination	v, 165 p. ;
Number of Pages	165
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL22556136M
ISBN 10	0773469354

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In spite of a rich trove of classical works (mainly poems), modern Iranian literature is less than a hundred years old. If we consider the works of Sadegh Hedayat () in fiction and Nima Yushij () in poetry as the beginning of Iran's modern literature, then . This book introduces the canonical figure Sadeq Hedayat, a prolific writer known for his magnum opus, The Blind Owl, and draws a comprehensive image of a major intellectual force in the context of Persian Literature in the contemporary landscape of the world’s literary : Palgrave Macmillan. In order to understand the relation in which the Persian dialects and stages in the history of the language stand to one another, it may be well to subjoin a list of words in Old Persian, Avestic, Pahlavi and modern Persian. It will be seen that Ayestic is not the source of the Aryan part of the present tongue. of Mirza Habib of Isfahan (put to death in ). Morier imitated the Persian prose style and pretended that the book was the memoirs of an Isfahani friend who had fallen ill in Tucat, Turkey, and died there. Mirza Habib was so successful in rendering it in Persian that for many years Iranians thought the book was the work of one of their File Size: KB.

Explores how writers, filmmakers and artists have attempted to reckon with the legacy of a devastating war The Iran-Iraq War was the longest conventional war of the 20th century. The memory of it may have faded in the wake of more recent wars in the region, but the harrowing facts remain: over one million soldiers and civilians dead, millions more permanently displaced and disabled, and an. period But classical Persian poetry relies heavily on tradition and cultural memory, displaying strong connections with the pre-Islamic past in aspects including its meter (attuned to Arabic), its lexis, and major themes Through a diachronic study of classical Persian File Size: KB. An influential author who introduced many modern literary techniques to Persian literature, Houshang Golshiri began writing fiction in the s, although it wasn’t until the release of his first novel Prince Ehtejab () that his talent was truly recognized. An anti-establishment story of decadency, the novel was made into a successful : Andrew Kingsford-Smith. Sunil Sharma interviewed by Maryam Kamali | (Iranian Medieval History) Sunil Sharma is the Associate Professor of Persianate and Comparative Literature at Boston University’s Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature Dear Prof. Sharma, it is my great pleasure to have an interview with you regarding medieval Persian literature. One of the controversial issues in Iranian.

Turns out, the Persian language (spoken today in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan) has a rich literary tradition stretching back to the 10th century. Unlike English, Persian hasn’t changed all that much in the course of a millennium. Today’s educated native speakers can read Classical Persian without too much trouble. His book is an outline of the chief ways in which Greek and Latin influence has moulded the literatures of western Europe and America. The Greeks invented nearly all the literary patterns which we use: tragedy and comedy, epic and romance, and many more. we present classical background, historical development, and modern reflections on each of our subjects, using the many forms of primary sources, reflective commentaries, the arts, creative fiction, and poetry. This magazine is dedicated to all the women and men throughout the ages who have contributed to and. (). Modern Reflections of Classical Traditions in Persian Fiction, by Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami. Middle Eastern Literatures: Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. Author: Claus V. Pedersen.

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Using the ideas of "literariness" as developed by Roman Jacobson and the Russian formalists, and of "dialogism" and "polyphony" from Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of the novel, Khorrami seeks the tools and concepts for the criticism of modern (i.e., st-century) Pages: Modern Reflections of Classical Traditions in Persian Fiction (Studies in Comparative Literature) by Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami (Author) › Visit Amazon's Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami Page.

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He is author of Modern Reflections of Classical Traditions in Persian Fiction and has translated several collections of contemporary Persian short stories, including Sohrab’s Wars: Counter Discourses in Contemporary Persian Fiction.

He lives in New York : Hippocrene Books, Inc. Modern Reflections of Classical Traditions in Persian Fiction. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen, Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen, A Feast in the Mirror: Stories by Contemporary Iranian Women.

Khorrami, Ph.D.University of Texas, Austin, teaches Persian language and literature at New York University. His research field is contemporary Persian fiction.

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His publications include, among others, Modern Reflections of Classical Traditions in Persian Fiction (). Khorrami, Emeritus Professor, New York University, is the author of Literary Subterfuge and Contemporary Persian Fiction: Who Writes Iran (), and Modern Reflections of Classical Traditions in Persian Fiction (), and a number of essays and book chapters on the rhetorical and aesthetic dynamics of Persian modernist writing and.

Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami teaches Persian language and literature at New York University. He is author of Modern Reflections of Classical Traditions in Persian Fiction and has translated several collections of contemporary Persian short stories, including Sohrab's Wars: Counter Discourses in Contemporary Persian Fiction.

He lives in New York City. Classical Traditions and Modern Meanings. Stefan Sperl Preview this book Abbasid addressed Ahmad al-Din al-Mutanabbi al-Nabigha Allah Arabic poetry Arabic qasida Arabo-Persian Asma'u beauty become beginning Bello beloved century composed conventional court culture described Divan diwan du'd example expression formal garden genre ghazal 4/5(2).

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The religious texts of the Zoroastrian faith of ancient Persia are referred to as the “Avesta.” The oldest part is the Gathas, which includes a collection of hymns and one of the oldest examples of religious poetry attributed to the prophet Zoroaster (ca.

– BCE).Displayed is a page from the Gathas, in the Middle Persian language Pahlavi, and its translation into modern Persian. Among his works are: A Feast in the Mirror: A Collection of Short Stories by Iranian Women (co-edited and co-translated with Shouleh Vatanabadi), Modern Reflections of Classical Traditions in Persian Fiction and his latest book (co-edited and co-translated with Shouleh Vatanabadi), Another Sea, Another Shore: Persian Stories of Migration ( These same facts have been instrumentalized by agendas both foreign and domestic, but also aestheticized, defamiliarized, readdressed and reconciled by artists, writers, and filmmakers across an array of identities: linguistic (Arabic, Persian, Kurdish), religious (Shiite, Sunni, atheist), and political (Iranian, Iraqi, internationalist).

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The main focus of Literary Subterfuge and Contemporary Persian Fiction is to identify components and elements which define Persian modernist fiction, placing an emphasis on literary concepts and devices which provide the dynamics of the evolutionary.

His latest work, Modern Reflections of Classical Traditions in Persian Fiction, is a monograph on some of the major characteristics of contemporary literary production and literary criticism in Iran. This book was published simultaneously in the United States (in English) and in Iran (in Persian).

Persian gained prominence as a literary language and a lingua franca—a common cultural language—about one thousand years ago. In the past millennium, a rich and varied written and spoken heritage has developed in the Persian language, elevating the visibility of Persian civilization among world intellectual Size: 1MB.

Persian literature - Persian literature - Classical prose: In the classical tradition the concept of "literature" was almost synonymous with poetry. Prose was used for utilitarian purposes, particularly in scholarship, religion, and the affairs of government. In all these domains the Persian language was in competition with the more prestigious Arabic.

Persian literature (Persian: ادبیات فارسی ‎, romanized: Adabiyâte fârsi, pronounced [ʔædæbiːˌjɒːte fɒːɾˈsiː]) comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Persian language and is one of the world's oldest literatures.

It spans over two-and-a-half millennia. Its sources have been within Greater Iran including present-day Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Caucasus. XII Modern Persian Poetry, to the Present Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan XIII Modern Fiction and Drama XIV Biographies of the Poets and Writers of the Classical Period XV Biographies of the Poets and Writers of the Modern Period; Literary Terms XVI General Index Companion Volumes to A History of Persian Literature:File Size: 1MB.

It also expands on some areas of interest touched upon in the ensuing chapters, notably Old and Middle Persian literature. In a second essay, Yarshater explains the progression of the classical tradition from a robust youth to an effete old age, before moving on to a new beginning.

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