فصلنامه متن پژوهی ادبی
پیاپی 35 (بهار 1387)

Hadiths In Tarikh-e Jahan Gushay, the famous work of Alaeddoleh Ata Malek Juwayni (623-681 A.H.), Which is undoubtedly one of the most prominent examples of Persian literary prose and historical references of the Mogul period, have a special importance alongside of the Koran's verses and Arabic poems and proverbs. The Author has, in numerous parts of his book, used verses and hadiths as confirmation in different forms and for various reasons. Acquaintance with hadiths and familiarization with their sources and references can help the reader to distinguish them from quotations and proverbs that are usually mixed up while reading, and realize the author's mastery of narrative references. In this paper, attemts have been made to review the documentations of the hadiths included in the book, and to present a report of the most important Shiite and Sunnite references and sources.

In this paper, the novel ofTehran-e Makhuf, written by Morteza Moshfeghe Kazemi, is critisized from the sociological perspective. The viewpoints of the prominent critics, such as Hegel, Lucas and Goldman are initially presented, and then on the basis of their theories, the criticism of the novel is offered. The conclusion derived from this research demonstrates that the novelist has structured his work based on the prevailing intellectual stream after the Mashrute movement and before Reza Khan's political authority. In fact, Tehran-e Makhof is an artistic narration of the defeat of the Mashrute movement and support of the idea of despotism. To do a more profound investigation, the researcher had to briefly look at the historical events of the Mashrute and the coup of Sayyid Ziya and the initial preparations for the emerge of a modem dictatorship.

It is truly believed that Obeid Zakani is a great satirist. The present paper is aimed at considering Zakani 's works with a critical approach based on the response of the reader. It is also intended to clarify why his works are still appealing to the modern reader. Since the reader's response is a significant point in the appreciation of any satirical text, the paper emphasizes the social and psychological elements, through which Zakani 's works achieve the status of what Todorov called "Fantastique Literature". In the process of the analysis, Bakhtin and Nietzsche 's ideas are also employed to prove the point that fantastic literature has four specific features by which it becomes representative, universal and permanent.

Historical texts are one of the invaluable treasures of Persian literature. These works are, indeed, our predecessor's heritage. In addition to pro• viding us with information regarding Historical events, these books also display writing methods of the past, as well as the linguistic features of the texts written in ancient times. Remaining from the 8th century A.H., Masoud Nikpey's History is a great literary heritage, providing the history of human creation up to the period of Chengiz Khan. The manuscript of this work is now being edited.

The present paper is a research conducted on two verses of Hafiz on the basis of Jungian school of psychoanalysis. Jung was the first one to reveal the hidden universal aspect of the man, "the Collective Unconscious", indicating how this nature of man influence his thoughts and deeds. This paper is intended to show how the collective unconscious, as well as the well know Anima and animus and Mandala, the ancient patterns of creation, are manifested in the complicated mysterious language of Hafiz. In these verses, Anima is the ethereal beloved one, and in order for the poet to understand the true nature of existence, he will have no way but to unite with his beloved one in the most magical manner.

Accurately and precisely translating the original Islamic texts into the living languages of the world, can be considered as a proper means to spread out the Islamic thoughts and beliefs throughout the world. Therefore, it is of importance to carry out a contrastive analysis and comparative study of such translations in order to assess the quality of their semantic equivalence, stylistic correspon dence and lexical adequacy. A translation could present the fluency of the text and natural essence of the language. However, semantically it may be different from the original text. Thus, remaining faithful to the original text is highly significant in translating the religious materials. This article is an attempt to perform a comparative and analytical approach to the two English translations of al-Sahifah al-Sajjadiyyah. The first translation has been done by SayyidAhmad Ali Muhani and the second one has been completed by William C. Chittick. The present study indicates that in both of these translations, there has been a great effort to convey the meaning of the original text as accurately as possible, so that each of them can be considered as a beautiful literary and mystic text in English language. However, none of the texts has the splendid outward beauty and the profound semantic and spiritual richness that the original text holds, as most of its characteristic features are translation resistant.

Mysticism is the world of unity and sincerity. Through using the unity principle of mysticism, Saib gracefully juxtaposes all phenomena with their paradoxes and opposites, and articulates their qualities and conditions in vibrant and symbolic manner. In his poetry, Saib, by means of mystical symbolism and technical words of the Sufi, artistically expresses poetic imaginations and intellectual concepts. In fact, the subject of mysticism is a unifying and aesthetics principle, overshadowing most of his poems. The poetic and elegant imaginations of Saib have led to the formation of the appropriate ambiences and backgrounds in his ghazals, enabling him to create idiosyncratic and unique themes and concepts, which are specific features of the Hindi style.