جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "haft keshvar" در نشریات گروه "علوم انسانی"

Symbols reflect natural phenomena, particularly celestial bodies that are embedded in myths and popular culture and are abundantly employed in Persian literature. Fakhri Heravi was a Shiat pot of the court of Iran and India in the 10th century AH, who compiled Haft Keshvar in the reign of the Safavid Shah Esmail I in three years. Haft Keshvar is a travel book of 388 pages (edited by Afshar and Afshari) written in prose and ornamented occasionally by verses. It embeds references to narrative stories, myths, and history including Tarikh Tabari, Tarikh fakhr Baenakati, Javame AlHekayat va Lavame AlRevayat, Seraj Algholoob, Shhnameh and Boostan. Haft Keshvar is a meta-narrative work of fiction that incorporates a range of symbols related to celestial bodies. It depicts journeys of Ibn Torab who visits seven different countries and their kings whose ideas are determined by astronomy and myths. The present study explores intertextual clues to dig into symbolic representations of constellations and seven planets of the solar system.

A work of literary importance is uncovered by a thorough analysis of its sublayers. Thus, the present study uses a documentary, library, and note-taking method to collect data. It also uses descriptive-analytic method to examine narrative style of the work in terms of structure, narrative elements, and key features storytelling in Haft Keshvar. Persian writers have extensively used symbols to convey ideas and establish their belief systems. For instance, Fakhri Heravi wrote Haft Keshvar as a symbolic and allegorical work. Accordingly, this study examines the relationship between symbols and astrology in this work.

Haft Keshvar is a journey to seven countries that symbolically represents ideas on astrology based on constellations of the zodiac and seven planets of the solar system. It proves to be a deeply symbolic literary work with different layers of meaning. The present study focuses on symbols that relate to astrology and how they are interwoven into the text. It evolves around the idea of the evolution of life on earth.Ibn Torab accompanies Aghi-aldin in the journey and arrives in the first country ruled by Keyvanbakht who abides in a magnificent palace called JeddiAbad topped by a big poll called DaloAbabd. The king’s name stands for the plane Saturn. The pool in this work represents water in ancient mythology and local folklore. Ibn Torab and Aghi-aldin move to the second country and stay there for 30 days. The king is Malek Girgis and abides in NahangAbad ia big palace called Qosiyeh. The king symbolizes Jupiter, the city symbolizes Pisces and the palace stands for Sagittarius.Upon their arrival in the second country, a messenger in red garments from the third country welcomes them. His name id Shahab and serves his king Bahram who lives in a palace called Aqrabiyeh in HamAbad. The king and his living place in the third country symbolize Mars.Before they arrive in the fourth country, a messenger receives them. His name is Najm the Agile whose lord is Sultan Beyza. The King lives in his palace, AsadAbad, at a meadow called Sepehr. The palace is built in the form of a lion. The lodging of the king and reminds the reader of the Leo Constellation and the King’s name stands for the Sun, which respectively imply resurrection, eternity, life, warmth, light and authority.In the fifth country, Dorry the Night Walker welcomes Ibn Torab and Aghi-aldin. The ruler of this territory is Zohreh Banu who abides in her cow-shaped palace, Soriyeh, at the top of a mountain. Zohreh Banu stands for Venus and her land represents Taurus constellations.The king of the sixth country is SahmKhuy whose messenger, FalakPeyma, meets the travelers in the story. The king lives in his palace, Joza, in ParvinAbad, all reparenting Mercury.In the last country, the messenger is a man named GardoonSeyr who is in the service of his lord, Malek Qamaraddin who lives in his palace, Saratan, near the Nile. The king is the symbol f the moon and his palace is the symbol of Cancer constellation.

Haft keshvar was written by Fakhri Heravi in10th century AHand that is replete with mysticism, mythical, geographical and astrological ideas. The study shows that the journeys to seven countries are in correspondence to the seven celestial bodies and planets. The level of symbolism is more tangible when we realize that the twelve constellations in the sky are in seven planets. For instance, Asad is the sun and Saratan is the moon. The other planets have two houses that are represented in the story of Haft Keshvar. This implies the mastery of the writer over astrology and his gifted naming procedure. In representing the seven planets and countries, the writer emphasizes on some lofty notions such as justice, freedom, generosity, respectfulness, authority and autonomy.

Haft keshvar which has been written for the minister of Shah Ismail Safavid and himself, in the form of a travelogue that can be considered as a folk theme , in thoughts And Afkar, by giving historical examples, intends to teach the king and the minister, as he has sometimes stated explicitly, and closes the end of all the stories by determining the purpose of the story in the text. Literally, the fusion of order and prose in this work has given it the character of folk tales, while the literary aspect of order and prose in this text is not equal and the order seems weaker and weaker, and sometimes There are incorrect applications that may be related to copying or proofreading. But in terms of language, the prose of this book with captioning and plurality of adjectives and adjectives and ... and the use of storytelling words such as news narrators and narrators of works ... The mixture of poetry and prose differs from technical and industrial texts in such a way that poems can be removed from them without damaging the understanding of the meaning of the text.

Haft Keshvar is a narrative fiction by Heravi that includes an introduction, seven resting places, seven countries, and six journeys through some countries. The author discusses human virtues in the introduction and elaborates on politics, rulers, and their courts to reveal historical agendas of the time.  It is a 10th century AH masterpiece that embeds ethics and politics in a literary narrative. The present study is a structural analysis of Haft Keshvar that examines its plot, characterization, and allusions. In other words, it aims at extracting components of the story to see how they are structurally bound to each other. Our results show that stories mostly encourage intellectualism and rationalism. Moreover, the plot is resolved either by a wise man or character actions at the end of the story. Results also show that, despite their trivial approaches and settings, all the stories follow a certain integrated philosophy that form a certain mindset. All the stories are close-ended.

The Haft Keshvar (the seven Countries) is the work Fakhri Herawi, the famous writer poet of the court of Iran and India in the 10th century AH. This research, with a structural approach, has examined the introduction of this work, which is the special and artistic part of it. The questions emphasized in this research are about identifying the structure of the Haft Keshvar's introduction, showing the pattern of the plot of structure of the introduction, and expressing the connection between the introduction and the main content. In addition to the recognition of the totality of the literary work, the purpose of such studies is to make possible the comparison of the structural approach of the work with pre- and post-texts. This adds to the systematic collection of studies on Persian literature. This study uses the structuralism method, which emphasizes the structure of the work, and attempts to find a link between the form and the meaning using the ideas of scholars such as Propp in classifying the personality of the story, and Saussure and Strauss in the discourse and Tzvetan Todorov in episodic anecdotes, to explain the distinct levels of the narration of the introduction of the Haft Keshvar (Seven Countries).