Persian Literature And Modernity

Author : Hamid Rezaei Yazdi,Arshavez Mozafari
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780429999611

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Persian Literature and Modernity by Hamid Rezaei Yazdi,Arshavez Mozafari Pdf

Persian Literature and Modernity recasts the history of modern literature in Iran by elucidating the bonds between the classical tradition and modernity and exploring textual, generic and discursive formations through heterodoxical investigations. This is first done through the rehabilitation of concepts embedded in tradition, including the munāzirah (debate), Ahrīman (the demonic), tajarrud (radical aloneness) and nāriz̤āyatī (discontent). Following this are broader structural and processual treatments, including the emergence of the genre of the social novel, the international dimension of Persian and Persianate canon formation, and the development of salvage ethnography and anthropological discourse in Iran. Covering literary experiments from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries, the chapters in this volume make a case for stepping outside the bounds of orthodox literary scholarship in Iranian studies with its associated political and orientalist determinants in order to provide a more nuanced conception of literary modernity in Iran. Offering an alternative reading of modernity in Persian literature, this book is an invaluable resource for scholars and students interested in the history of modern Iran and Persian Literature.

Author : Wali Ahmadi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134072774

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Modern Persian Literature in Afghanistan by Wali Ahmadi Pdf

With the unleashing of the "War on Terror" in the aftermath of 9/11, Afghanistan has become prominent in the news. However, we need to appreciate that no substantive understanding of contemporary history, politics and society of this country can be achieved without a thorough analysis of the Afghan encounter with cultural and literary modernity and modernization. Modern Persian Literature in Afghanistan does just that. The book offers a balanced and interdisciplinary analysis of the rich and admirable contemporary poetry and fiction of a land long tormented by wars and invasions. It sets out to demonstrate that, within the trajectory of the union between modern aesthetic imagination and politics, creativity and production, and representation and history, the modernist intervention enabled many contemporary poets and writers of fiction to resist the overt politicization of the literary field, without evading politics or disavowing the modern state. The interpretative moves and nuanced readings of a series of literary texts make this book a major contribution to a rather neglected area of research and study. Winner of the Iranian World Prize for Book of the Year in Islamics Studies 2009

Author : Kamran Rastegar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-09-12
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781134094264

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Literary Modernity Between the Middle East and Europe by Kamran Rastegar Pdf

This book is a comparative study of the development of English, Persian and Arabic literature and their interrelations with specific reference to modernity, nationalism and social value.

Author : Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015037756718

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Recasting Persian Poetry by Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak Pdf

Author : Mostafa Abedinifard,Omid Azadibougar,Amirhossein Vafa
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781501354205

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Persian Literature as World Literature by Mostafa Abedinifard,Omid Azadibougar,Amirhossein Vafa Pdf

Confronting nationalistic and nativist interpreting practices in Persianate literary scholarship, Persian Literature as World Literature makes a case for reading these literatures as world literature-as transnational, worldly texts that expand beyond local and national penchants. Working through an idea of world literature that is both cosmopolitan and critical of any monologic view on globalization, the contributors to this volume revisit the early and contemporary circulation of Persianate literatures across neighboring and distant cultures, and seek innovative ways of developing a transnational Persian literary studies, engaging in constructive dialogues with the global forces surrounding, and shaping, Persianate societies and cultures.

Author : Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak,Kamran Talattof
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789047414414

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Essays on Nima Yushij by Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak,Kamran Talattof Pdf

Situating Nima's life firmly within the context of 20th century Iranian history this book contributes to an emerging trend in literary scholarship on Persian literature that views Persian poetry as a living and constantly evolving tradition rather than an icon of some fading glory.

Author : Hassan Kamshad
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521169186

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Modern Persian Prose Literature by Hassan Kamshad Pdf

This 1966 book provides a series of concise, accessible essays reflecting on the development of Persian fiction during the modern period. The structure of the text is broadly chronological, with chapters allocated to key authors, literary movements, and social changes. This is a valuable volume for anyone interested in Persian literature.

Author : Edward Granville Browne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:235679221

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A History of Persian Literature in Modern Times by Edward Granville Browne Pdf

Author : Elizabeth A. Reed
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4064066231880

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Persian Literature, Ancient and Modern by Elizabeth A. Reed Pdf

"Persian Literature, Ancient and Modern" by Elizabeth A. Reed Sophia Elizabeth Reed was an American oriental scholar and author whose books were widely used as college textbooks in various universities worldwide for Oriental studies. In this book, she educates her readers about the Persian empire and its contributions to the world of literature throughout time, from prehistoric texts to her contemporaries.

Author : Alexander Jabbari
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009320832

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The Making of Persianate Modernity by Alexander Jabbari Pdf

From the ninth to the nineteenth centuries, Persian was the pre-eminent language of learning far beyond Iran, stretching from the Balkans to China. In this book, Alexander Jabbari explores what became of this vast Persian literary heritage in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Iran and South Asia, as nationalism took hold and the Persianate world fractured into nation-states. He shows how Iranians and South Asians drew from their shared past to produce a 'Persianate modernity', and create a modern genre, literary history. Drawing from both Persian and Urdu sources, Jabbari reveals the important role that South Asian Muslims played in developing Iranian intellectual and literary trends. Highlighting cultural exchange in the region, and the agency of Asian modernizers, Jabbari charts a new way forward for area studies and opens exciting possibilities for thinking about language and literature.

Author : Esmaeil Haddadian-Moghaddam
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027269393

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Literary Translation in Modern Iran by Esmaeil Haddadian-Moghaddam Pdf

Literary Translation in Modern Iran: A sociological study is the first comprehensive study of literary translation in modern Iran, covering the period from the late 19th century up to the present day. By drawing on Pierre BourdieuN's sociology of culture, this work investigates the people behind the selection, translation, and production of novels from English into Persian. The choice of novels such as Morier's The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan, Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and Vargas Llosa's The War of the End of the World provides insights into who decides upon titles for translation, motivations of translators and publishers, and the context in which such decisions are made.The author suggests that literary translation in Iran is not a straightforward activity. As part of the field of cultural production, literary translation has remained a lively game not only to examine and observe, but also often a challenging one to play. By adopting hide-and-seek strategies and with attention to the dynamic of the field of publishing, Iranian translators and publishers have continued to play the game against all odds. The book is not only a contribution to the growing scholarship informed by sociological approaches to translation, but an essential reading for scholars and students of Translation Studies, Iranian Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies.

Author : Domenico Ingenito
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004435902

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Beholding Beauty by Domenico Ingenito Pdf

In Beholding Beauty: Saʿdi of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry, Domenico Ingenito explores the unstudied connections between eroticism, spirituality, and politics in the lyric poetry of 13th-century literary master Sa‘di Shirazi.

Author : Omid Azadibougar
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789811516917

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World Literature and Hedayat’s Poetics of Modernity by Omid Azadibougar Pdf

This book introduces the canonical figure Sadegh Hedayat (1903–1951) and draws a comprehensive image of a major intellectual force in the context of both modern Persian Literature and World Literature. A prolific writer known for his magnum opus, The Blind Owl (1936), Hedayat established the use of common language for literary purposes, opened new horizons on imaginative literature and explored a variety of genres in his creative career. This book looks beyond the reductive critical tendencies that read a rich and diverse literary profile in light of Hedayat’s suicide, arguing instead that his literary imagination was not solely the result of genius but rather enriched by a vast network of the world’s literary traditions. This study reflects on Hedayat’s attempts at various genres of artistic creation, including painting, fiction writing, satire and scholarly research, as well as his persistent struggles for artistic authenticity, which transcended solidly established literary and artistic norms. Providing a critical reading of Hedayat’s work to untangle aspects of his writing – including reflections on science, religion, nationalism and coloniality – alongside his pioneering work on folk culture, and how humor informs his writings, this text offers a critical review of the status of Persian literature in the contemporary landscape of the world’s literary studies.

Author : Kamran Talattof
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000-05-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0815628188

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The Politics of Writing in Iran by Kamran Talattof Pdf

Emerging in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries as a secular activity, Persian literature acquired its own modernity by redefining past aesthetic practices of identity and history. By analyzing selected work of major pre- and post-revolutionary literary figures, Talattof shows how Persian literary history has not been an integrated continuum but a series of distinct episodic movements shaped by shifting ideologies. Drawing on western concepts, modern Persian literature has responded to changing social and political conditions through complex strategies of metaphorical and allegorical representations that both construct and denounce cultural continuities. The book provides a unique contribution in that it draws on texts that demonstrate close affinity to such diverse ideologies as modernism, Marxism, feminism, and Islam. Each ideological standard has influenced the form, characterization, and figurative language of literary texts as well as setting the criteria for literary criticism and determining which issues are to be the focus of literary journals.

Author : Kamran Talattof
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317576921

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Persian Language, Literature and Culture by Kamran Talattof Pdf

Critical approaches to the study of topics related to Persian literature and Iranian culture have evolved in recent decades. The essays included in this volume collectively demonstrate the most recent creative approaches to the study of the Persian language, literature, and culture, and the way these methodologies have progressed academic debate. Topics covered include; culture, cognition, history, the social context of literary criticism, the problematics of literary modernity, and the issues of writing literary history. More specifically, authors explore the nuances of these topics; literature and life, poetry and nature, culture and literature, women and literature, freedom of literature, Persian language, power, and censorship, and issues related to translation and translating Persian literature in particular. In dealing with these seminal subjects, contributors acknowledge and contemplate the works of Ahmad Karimi Hakkak and other pioneering critics, analysing how these works have influenced the field of literary and cultural studies. Contributing a variety of theoretical and inter-disciplinary approaches to this field of study, this book is a valuable addition to the study of Persian poetry and prose, and to literary criticism more broadly.