Fictional literature from animals language in Arabic and Persian literature
Subject Areas : شعر
1 - Associate Professor in the Islamic Azad University- central Tehran Beranch
Keywords: Arabic literature , Persian literature , Fictional literature from animals language,
Abstract :
Fictional literature from animals language in the form of prose and verse has always been a platform for expressing the moral, didactic and judgmental thoughts of poets and writers. Aesop's fables in the West and Kalila & Demeneh’s book in Sanskrit language are among the oldest of these works. In the East as well, this type of literature has been highly regarded. Arabic and Persian languages have benefited the most from this type of literature. After Islam, with the destruction of the Pahlavi versions, the Arabic translation of Ibn lbn Moqafah made Kalilah and Damenah last and translated it into Dari Persian. The position of this work is based on the fact that the French Lafonten got acquainted with these stories by getting access to the French translation of a version of Kalila and Demeneh, which is titled Anvar Soheili, translated by Hossein Vaez Kashefi from Abol Maali Kalila and Demeneh , and he wrote his stories in this context. Under the influence of Lafonten's fables, the Egyptian writer Mohammad Osman Jalal wrote his book in the name of Al-Ayoun Al-Yawaqez fi Al-Heakm and Al-Amsal, that its name express its educational and moral content.
