A Critical Review of the Course “Non-Poetic Lyrical Works” In the PhD Field of Persian Language and Literature, Lyrical Orientation

For about ten years, the planning committee of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology has decided to divide the PhD program in Persian language and literature into different orientations. The basic premise of this division is the Aristotelian literary genres. Accordingly, one of these orientations is lyrical literature. In this article, which is written in a critical-review method, one of the courses in this field, called "Non-Poetic Lyric Works", is reviewed. The term "non-poetic" is insufficient in the title of the course. Due to the other components of the course, it is better to replace it with the term "prose". Also, the term "analytical cognition" is ambiguous in purpose and it is better to use the term "analytical study". Given the heads of the content and References, it is clear that the designers of this course have asked the teacher to teach long folk tales as the main Reference. These tales have various components due to the fact that they have been narrated orally among the people for many years and from a structural point of view, they have little to do with the title of the lyrical literature field. It is better to consider rhythmic prose texts, technical prose texts and modern Persian stories as the References of this course.