The Thought in Mahjar and Non-Mahjar Literature

Human is considered as the main agent of the process of literary production. He looks at life, existence, nature and the supernatural and then makes a mental depiction of them in his mind and finally he writes down all the thoughts surrounding such issues in an artistic way. This recording which results in literary production comes to be known as Thought-recording literature. Examples of this literary genre include: scholarly interpretation about reality or unseen phenomena, skepticism, pessimism or optimism, Sufism attitudes, fictional trips, tendency toward nature and attitude toward religion. After fusion of Arabs with other cultures and after migration of a number of literary figures to America, these literary genres were used with new interpretation and formats in such a way that the migrated literary figures brought about significant changes. This study aims at investigating the common and uncommon points used in Thought-recording literature and migrated literature and then how they have been applied.