جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "christian bobin" در نشریات گروه "ادبیات و زبان ها"

The influence studies are one of the branches of comparative literature researches which have managed lots of projects all around the world. By verifying the analogy and the difference between the different authors and their books, these studies provide some information about their influence over each other. We analyze, therefore, Omar Khayyam’s influence; poet of ancient Persian literature, on Christian Bobin, contemporary French writer, by studying the quatrains’ themes in Bobin’s translated books in Iran and we apply a comparative-analytical method. The passage of time and instability, making a profit from present and importance of happiness in our life, importance of God’s presence and nihilism constitute the most principal themes in Khayyam Neyshaburi’s quatrains. Christian Bobin’s familiarity with this poet and Khayyam’s influence on French author bring about Persian poet’s presence in Bobin’s books. Despite some differences between these two literary figures, there are lots of analogies concerning the appearance of these common themes in their books.

Mythological views about creation describe the way man thinks about existence and creation; they often try to remove the ambiguity from the stage before creation and creation. In his literary-mystical works, Christian Bobin has dealt with the ontology of creation, sometimes in a descriptive way, and sometimes with a literary and metaphorical language. His views on the system of existence are significantly similar to Suhrawardi's views on the “controlling lights” (al-anwar al-ghahirah) and “managing lights” (al-anwar al-mudabbirah). Bobin also considers transcendental factors such as divine light and angels, along other factors, to be effective in the creation and guidance of Nature. The present article tries to deeply read Boban's literary-mystical works and to better understand his worldview in accordance with Suhrawardi's philosophy of illumination (ishrāq). The result of the research indicates that Christian Bobin, based on a kind of illuminational self-knowledge and with a poetic-mystical appraoch, believes the myth of creation is in a continuous and permanent relationship with the "face of God". His view is similar to the Quranic view that every day God is engaged in some work (Kulla Yawmin Huwa Fī Shanin, Quran: 55:29). In his works, the myth of creation refers to a chain-like and eternal birth of "being" which is associated with luminous eternity. Like Suhrawardi, Bobin sees light as the basis of "being" and the cause of its continuity; his view is a kind of quasi-illuminational view.

The reception is one of the new theories, which has opened a new way in comparative studies over the recent decades. This theory, post by Hans Robert Jauss, returns the readers' role to themselves and insists on it. In as much as in this theory the reception of an author is considered in a foreign country, the reception of Christian Bobin, contemporary French author, is going to be considered in this article. By preparing a list of his translated books in Iran and their analysis by using the concept of Horizon of expectation, we will understand that there is no contradiction between the Iranians' expectations and Bobin's books. The influence of religious texts and using the themes like nature, love and childhood agree with their literary taste and play a role in the reception of this French author.