One Anecdote, Several Narrations A Comparative Review of the Story, Death Angel (Azrael) Looking at a Man... in Mathnavi and Other Sources

Subject Areas : شعر

Karīmbakhsh Sajjādī ¹

1 - عضو هیئت علمى دانشگاه آزاد اسلامى واحد ایرانشهر

Received: 2012-09-26 Accepted : 2012-09-26 Published : 2008-11-01

Keywords: Mathnavi, allegory, comparative criticism, تمثیل, مثنوى, anecdote, Fiction, قصه و حکایت, نقد تطبیقى,

Abstract :

The present article compares one of the anecdotes of Mathnavi (Death Angel (Azrael) looking at a man...) with some other resources in order to explain the advantages of Molānā’s narration in comparison to them.