Journal of Literary Criticism and Rhetoric
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The Stylistics of Time Propositions and a Study of Adventure Time in the Translation of One Thousand and One Nights
The Stylistics of Time Propositions and a Study of Adventure Time in the Translation of One Thousand and One Nights

Marziye Esmailzade Mobarekeh; Mohsen Mohammadi

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2020, Pages 1-15

https://doi.org/10.22059/jlcr.2020.74934

Abstract
  In folk tales, there are many time propositions that indicate the vagueness and hypothetical quality of time. These propositions have a high frequency in One Thousand and One Nights ...  Read More
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An Analysis of the Narrative Structure of Nizami’s Khosrow and Shirin
An Analysis of the Narrative Structure of Nizami’s Khosrow and Shirin

Mahbubrh Azhari Azhari; Mohammad Reza Torki; Teymoor Malmir; Ali Reza Hajeiannejad

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2020, Pages 17-35

https://doi.org/10.22059/jlcr.2020.74935

Abstract
  Nizami’s narration of Khosrow and Shirin is noteworthy for several points including the way these two characters meet each other, their tragic destinies despite the joyfulness ...  Read More
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The Discursive Turn of a Literary Narrative after Its Transition to Illustration
The Discursive Turn of a Literary Narrative after Its Transition to Illustration

Abdullah Albughobaish; Narguess Ashtiani Iraqi

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2020, Pages 37-56

https://doi.org/10.22059/jlcr.2020.74936

Abstract
  The present study employs an interdisciplinary approach to analyze the transference of meaning from literature to illustration, and the links between the narrative in the tale of “The ...  Read More
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Rumi’s Modification of Narrative: Expansion of Stories
Rumi’s Modification of Narrative: Expansion of Stories

Razie Jannesari; Mehdi nourian; hosein masjedi; Mahboubeh Khorasani

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2020, Pages 57-77

https://doi.org/10.22059/jlcr.2020.74937

Abstract
  There is no doubt that Rumi wrote Masnavi under the influence of his predecessors’ mystical and theological texts. Yet, why Masnavi is one of the unique masterpieces of Persian ...  Read More
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The Aesthetics of Music and Composition in the Pieces “Dashti” and “Bayat-e Esfahan”
The Aesthetics of Music and Composition in the Pieces “Dashti” and “Bayat-e Esfahan”

Mostafa Khalilifar; esmaiil tajbakhsh; Farhad Doroodgarian

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2020, Pages 79-98

https://doi.org/10.22059/jlcr.2020.74938

Abstract
  The article aims to answer the claim that Iranian vocal music i.e., Iranian music connected to Persian poetry, is limited and sad. It employs aesthetic and pragmatic criticism to study ...  Read More
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A Comparative Study of the Use of Semantics in Persian and Arabic Poetry Based on the Theme of Sermon in the Poetry of Nima Yooshij and Nazik al-Malaika
A Comparative Study of the Use of Semantics in Persian and Arabic Poetry Based on the Theme of Sermon in the Poetry of Nima Yooshij and Nazik al-Malaika

Najmeh Dorri; Naser Nikubakht; Faramarz Mirzayi; Fairouz Assad

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2020, Pages 99-118

https://doi.org/10.22059/jlcr.2020.74939

Abstract
  In Persian and Arabic poetry, both classical and modern, the use of rhetoric to communicate the concepts and meanings applied by the poet is very tangible, because what makes a text ...  Read More
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The Reasons for Amir Khusrau Dehlavi’s Tendency toward Realism in His Sonnets
The Reasons for Amir Khusrau Dehlavi’s Tendency toward Realism in His Sonnets

Asieh Zabih Nia Emran; najmeh karimi nejad

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2020, Pages 119-134

https://doi.org/10.22059/jlcr.2020.74940

Abstract
  Realism has a privileged position in the Persian poetry of early tenth century SH. This style, which is an intermediate between Iraqi and Indian styles, has brought about the greatest ...  Read More
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A Comparative Study of Ghalib Dehlavi and Iqbal Lahori’s Poetry
A Comparative Study of Ghalib Dehlavi and Iqbal Lahori’s Poetry

Shakeela Rafiq Jam; Mostafa Mousavi

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2020, Pages 135-153

https://doi.org/10.22059/jlcr.2020.74942

Abstract
  Ghalib Dehlavi and Iqbal Lahori are famous poets of the Indian subcontinent who lived in the 19th and 20th centuries. They reflected the social and political concerns of their society ...  Read More
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The Metonymical Aspects of Rhetorical Adjectives in Saadi Shirazi’s Sonnets
The Metonymical Aspects of Rhetorical Adjectives in Saadi Shirazi’s Sonnets

Kobra Shaban Ghoochan Atigh; mahmoud tavousi; mehdi Mahoozi

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2020, Pages 155-174

https://doi.org/10.22059/jlcr.2020.74943

Abstract
  Grammar is one of the fundamental subjects of study in the vast field of Persian language and literature and the study of its elements provides a good basis for research. “Adjective” ...  Read More
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Russian Poets’ Imitation of Persian Poetic Forms
Russian Poets’ Imitation of Persian Poetic Forms

Zeinab Sadeghi Sahlabad; mahboobe mobasheri

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2020, Pages 175-193

https://doi.org/10.22059/jlcr.2020.74944

Abstract
  The present study investigates the Persian poetic forms adopted by Russian poets. Great Iranian poets, such as Ferdowsi, Hafez, Saadi, Khayyam, and Nizami, have always been respected ...  Read More
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Sadegh Hedayat’s The Pilgrim, A Work beyond Political Discourses
Sadegh Hedayat’s The Pilgrim, A Work beyond Political Discourses

Shirzad Tayefi; Nea,matollah Iranzadeh; Enayatollah Daraei

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2020, Pages 195-214

https://doi.org/10.22059/jlcr.2020.74945

Abstract
  Sadegh Hedayat wrote The Pilgrim (1945) based on and shortly after the historical and political events of the final years of Reza Shah’s government and early years of Mohammad ...  Read More
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The Influence of Color on Conscious and Unconscious Perception in Rumi’s Poetry
The Influence of Color on Conscious and Unconscious Perception in Rumi’s Poetry

Habibiolah Abbasi; Alireza Moradi; Gholam Ali Fallah; Sediqe Gholamzade

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2020, Pages 215-234

https://doi.org/10.22059/jlcr.2020.74946

Abstract
  This research studies the use of color in Rumi’s Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi. Since many colors with different symbolic representations are used in this work, we have used “sama,” ...  Read More
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A Study of the Use of Exclamation in Children’s Literature
A Study of the Use of Exclamation in Children’s Literature

tahere kiaei; Abbasali Vafaei; Ruqayyah Sadraie

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2020, Pages 235-249

https://doi.org/10.22059/jlcr.2020.74948

Abstract
  Different literary genres employ different languages made of different elements. Children’s literature is not an exception. This type of literary language, in terms of conceptual ...  Read More
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Aesthetics of Prose Based on Jacobson’s Virtual Pole
Aesthetics of Prose Based on Jacobson’s Virtual Pole

Efafat Neghabi; mohsen vesaghati jalal

Volume 8, Issue 2 , February 2020, Pages 251-270

https://doi.org/10.22059/jlcr.2020.74950

Abstract
  Different methods can be adopted to do an aesthetic study on a literary work. The theory of virtual pole and metaphor formulated by Jacobson is one of them. Jacobson believes that when ...  Read More