Aesthetics of self-censorship in prose works of the Mughal period )Relying on JahangOsha and Naftha al-Masdoor(

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Mohammad Amin Rajbi ¹ , Reza Sadeghi Shahpar ² , Shahrooz Jamali ³

1 - PhD student in Persian language and literature, Hamedan branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran.

Received: 2023-03-01 Accepted : 2023-06-04 Published : 2023-06-22

Keywords: Jahangasha, self-censorship, Naftah al-Masdoor, Mughal era, aesthetics,

Abstract :

Self-censorship is an action during which the author takes into account the political and social conditions of the society and for the purpose of self-censorship, it is one of the actions taken by the author or poet, based on reasons such as the influence of individual power, social, political, religious and belief conditions and under the cover of titles such as Self-restraint and expediency are applied to the produced works. This action can be seen in the works of most authors of the Mughal period. Attamalek Joyni and Zaydri Nesvi are among these writers; Therefore, the present research was conducted with the aim of aesthetic investigation of self-censorship in Jahangasha and Naftha al-Masdoor; In order to clarify the beauty and self-censorship topics in the works of these two prominent writers of the Mongol era. The authors' method in this essay is descriptive-analytical and based on library studies. The results show that the authors of this period have played a major role in the beauty of this literary phenomenon by being ambiguous and using techniques and techniques such as metaphor, allegory, symbol, code and irony, and complexity.