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1 - Character and Concept Reading in "Amir Arsalan Namdar" and "The Skriker" Script
Zahra Khazaei Ravari

The present paper studies the impressions of character and concepts reading in "Amir Arsalan Namdar" by Mohammad Ali Naqib-al-Mamalek – Iranian author of nineteenth century – and "The Skriker" by Caryl Churchill – the English play writer of twentieth c More

The present paper studies the impressions of character and concepts reading in "Amir Arsalan Namdar" by Mohammad Ali Naqib-al-Mamalek – Iranian author of nineteenth century – and "The Skriker" by Caryl Churchill – the English play writer of twentieth century comparatively. The researchers initially analyze the literature type by enjoying qualitative method and content analysis and then considers the mythical characters. Literary concept reading and the public culture finally and comparatively. The results of the analyses show that the characters of both works are comparable from wisdom, gullibility and changeability point of view in different cultures. Motives, themes and images also are known as comparable ones. Manuscript profile

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2 - An Analysis on the Myth Concept in Badr Shakir al Sayyab and Ahmad Shamlou's Poetries
Mohammad Reza Shirkhani Karim Seydi Ali Mohammad Sohrab Nejad

The symbolic and mythical language has been of special position in contemporary poetry. The myths are known as part of identity, civilization and culture of each country. Badr Shakir al Sayyab and Ahmad Shamlou have paid special attention to myths and legends. By studyi More

The symbolic and mythical language has been of special position in contemporary poetry. The myths are known as part of identity, civilization and culture of each country. Badr Shakir al Sayyab and Ahmad Shamlou have paid special attention to myths and legends. By studying the myth in both poets' works in the present article it comes out that not only both had tendency toward applying myth in their works but also the method of this application is too changeable in Sayyab's works; while shamlou stabilizes his poetries by enjoying recreation of myths, holistic attitude. Manuscript profile

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3 - Comparative Study of Shirin Image in "Shirin & Khosrow" and "Khosrow & Shirin"
Mehrnoush Mansouri Meymandi

Shirin Khosrow II's wife is one of the famous Persian Literature beloveds. She was charming and familiar to attraction tricks who made the mighty king to obey and curtsy her wishes. The fame of this eternal and everlasting love owes Nezami's efforts. Amir khosrow dehlaw More

Shirin Khosrow II's wife is one of the famous Persian Literature beloveds. She was charming and familiar to attraction tricks who made the mighty king to obey and curtsy her wishes. The fame of this eternal and everlasting love owes Nezami's efforts. Amir khosrow dehlawi – Non Iranian Persian poet – composed "Shirin & Khosrow" by versioning the abovementioned work. This paper attempts to study "Shirin"'s character in "Shirin & Khosrow" by Amir khosrow dehlawi from image and personality point of view. The issue made the author to choose such subject is the hidden role of women in Persian poets' thoughts and works. The present article has been done in librarian method from valid books of Iran and Tajikistan libraries.            Manuscript profile

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4 - Seizing the Opportunity in Saadi's Golestan & Boustan and Comparison to Nahj al-Balagha
Hossein Ali Mousa Zadeh Seyyed Mahmoud Seyyed Sadeqi Seyyed Jafar Hamidi

The present literary research studies seizing the opportunity. The subject which is of special importance from theorists and psychologist by choosing another name: time management. Saadi is well – known of his ethical advises. In accordance with the results of the More

The present literary research studies seizing the opportunity. The subject which is of special importance from theorists and psychologist by choosing another name: time management. Saadi is well – known of his ethical advises. In accordance with the results of the present paper, he paid special attention to seizing the opportunity in his Golestan & Boustan and knows it as an essential to enjoy the eternal and mortal life. This paper attempts to compare Saadi's point of view with Imam Ali and describe it with today's successful psychologists' logic. Manuscript profile

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5 - Comparative Study on Romanticism Concepts in Moufdi Zakaria and Shahriar Poetries
Abdolahad Gheibi Zahra Mohammad Poor Nasrin Hosseini tavana

Zakaria and Shariar's poetries depict the nicest and the most attractive romantic concepts. Their poetries have common romantic concepts amongst which nature, poverty, patriotism and loneliness could be claimed. The nature is one of the most frequent applied romantic co More

Zakaria and Shariar's poetries depict the nicest and the most attractive romantic concepts. Their poetries have common romantic concepts amongst which nature, poverty, patriotism and loneliness could be claimed. The nature is one of the most frequent applied romantic concepts which Zakaria and Shahriar have enjoyed. Nature has been chosen to be a shelter against disappointment and a safe. Both poets create these romantic concepts with dreamy and beautiful similes which affects the reader's heart and soul. The present paper attempts to study the common romantic concepts of two famous Algerian and Iranian poets comparatively. Manuscript profile

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6 - Comparative Study of "Abu Muslim Nameh" by Abu Tahre al-Tarsusi and Abu Muslim al – Khorasani by Jurji Zaydan
Asgar Babazadeh Aqdam Hossein Tak Tabar Firouzjaei

Narration and recounting about Abu Muslim Khorasani and his uprising have always been the literati and historians and each described it according to their own understanding and attitude. Amongst all two Arabic and Persian literati – Jurji Zaydan and Abu Taher Tars More

Narration and recounting about Abu Muslim Khorasani and his uprising have always been the literati and historians and each described it according to their own understanding and attitude. Amongst all two Arabic and Persian literati – Jurji Zaydan and Abu Taher Tarsusi have studied Abu Muslim issue with a special attitude and offered various concepts as well as contradict ones. According to his status, the present paper intends to compare the structure and the content of Abu Muslim Khorasani and Abu Muslim Nameh's stories. The results show that there is no evidence of effect and affect between two stories. The real character of Abu Muslim has been distorted somehow in both works; Zeaydan has been more successful in considering the form and content both rather than Tarsusi. Manuscript profile

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7 - Comparative Study on Nature Description in Ibn Khafajah and Manouchehri's Poetries
Mohammad Shayegan Mehr Jafar Amouzad Fariborz Hosseinjan Zadeh

The present article compares and studies nature description in two famous and well – known poets' works from Iran Arab called Manouchehri Damghani and Ibn Khafajah. Nature description is the most important subject in the abovementioned poets' works which Ibn Khafa More

The present article compares and studies nature description in two famous and well – known poets' works from Iran Arab called Manouchehri Damghani and Ibn Khafajah. Nature description is the most important subject in the abovementioned poets' works which Ibn Khafajah has turned it to a kind of independent literary method in Arabic literature of Andalusia. In Persian literature Manouchehri is of special status as well. These two great poets are of famous literati with two different languages whose point of views have been manifested properly and we may be strange with some of their lexicon but are of important history. Manuscript profile

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8 - A Study on the Environment Effect Process on Al-Mutanabbi and Saadi's Characters
Javad Khanlari Ibrahim Namdari Monireh Sadat Talaei Tabar

Each culture has its own characteristics and features and these characteristics affects the formation of applicants of that culture; since the English are cool, Americans are bounded, Japanese are energetic, Scots are stingy, French are romantic and Iranians are pessimi More

Each culture has its own characteristics and features and these characteristics affects the formation of applicants of that culture; since the English are cool, Americans are bounded, Japanese are energetic, Scots are stingy, French are romantic and Iranians are pessimistic. Saadi and Motennabi's era conditions was in a way that they had tendency towards philosophy and have been affected by the atmosphere of their era. Greek and Persian culture was effective on their tendencies. Their advising attitude forms because of the atmosphere of their hometown which made Motennabi egotism and saadi grovel. Manuscript profile

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9 - Comparative Study of Ontology in "The Blind Owl" and’ Kafka on the Shore’
Bahram Parvin Gonabadi Zihreh Amini Nia

The aim of the present article is study two famous authors' works - Sadegh Hedayat and Haruki Murakami from ontological point of view (death and life); the emphasis of the author of the article is on two works: "The Blind Owl" and’ Kafka on the Shore’ in ord More

The aim of the present article is study two famous authors' works - Sadegh Hedayat and Haruki Murakami from ontological point of view (death and life); the emphasis of the author of the article is on two works: "The Blind Owl" and’ Kafka on the Shore’ in order to find the similarities and differences in both works. The method is documental, librarian and note taking. Initially some notes were taken on thinking elements and then have been analyzed. The analyses show that both authors have more similarities rather than differences. Both views are close to existentialism because both know life mortal and finite. The atmosphere of their work is death, loneliness, hatred and pessimism. Both authors' works are in surrealism method. Manuscript profile

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