The vital aim of the comparative literature is to describe the relationships and dealings between the world's literature and nations' culture and also is to emphasize the literary, cultural and religious interactions. The spirit journey to the heavens has always been th More
The vital aim of the comparative literature is to describe the relationships and dealings between the world's literature and nations' culture and also is to emphasize the literary, cultural and religious interactions. The spirit journey to the heavens has always been the common issues in allegorical stories. The spiritual journey to the heavens is the main theme of Idris's Islamic Culture and Dante's Divine Comedy. The journey happens in three stages: Numb, Hell and Heaven. Dante's journey happens in Hell, Limbo and Heaven. Idris's is a figurative one with a divine source while Divine Comedy is a fantastic journey. The goal of the present article is to survey and evaluate the similarities and differences of these two journeys in Islamic and Christian cultures.
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Dante’s “Comedy” has three sections or volumes. The first section is the hell, the second one is the purgatory (in other words a place for being purified from sins) and the third is the heaven. Her book involves one hundred rhymes. More
Dante’s “Comedy” has three sections or volumes. The first section is the hell, the second one is the purgatory (in other words a place for being purified from sins) and the third is the heaven. Her book involves one hundred rhymes. Every section (volume) consists of ten layers. There are two special numbers in this book; one of them is 3 which is a symbol of trinity and the other is 10 which is a symbol of unity. Dante’s trip starts from the hell then goes to the purgatory and purifies himself; finally, he moves to the heaven. “Ardavirafnameh’’ is one of the writings which had a great influence on Dante. Ardaviraf is a Zoroastrian person who reports his seven-day fanciful trip about what he has seen.
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This article is an effort in studying and comparing several ascension writings include: Abolala Ma’arri’s “ Pardon epistle”, Dante’s “Divine Comedy” and Sadegh Hedayat’s “Creature”. The similarity aspect of all three of them, is traveling to the world of spirits and the More
This article is an effort in studying and comparing several ascension writings include: Abolala Ma’arri’s “ Pardon epistle”, Dante’s “Divine Comedy” and Sadegh Hedayat’s “Creature”. The similarity aspect of all three of them, is traveling to the world of spirits and the world after death, and their difference is in religious attitude of “Pardon epistle” and “Divine Comedy” with a nihilistic attitude of “Creature”. This paper reviews the influence of “Pardon epistle” on “Divine Comedy “and explains both religious and nihilistic attitudes about the search of man in the world after death.
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Sanai Qaznavi - the sixth Century poet in his work "Seir Al Ibad Ila Al Maad" and Aligheri Dante- the Italian pad ofthe fifteenth century AC in his famous work "Di vine Comedy" emphasize the existence of another world through different allegories. In fact these two work More
Sanai Qaznavi - the sixth Century poet in his work "Seir Al Ibad Ila Al Maad" and Aligheri Dante- the Italian pad ofthe fifteenth century AC in his famous work "Di vine Comedy" emphasize the existence of another world through different allegories. In fact these two works depict the utopia which describes a perfect human being. Since he stories of both works are based on phenomenology oftwo spirits in a long and difficult quest. common themes and objectives could be found. The present article studies the similarities and differences between the two works.
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AbulAla M`arri is one of the scholars and literary men of the fourth century who could perpetuate his ideas through literature and poetry. Arthur Schopenhauer the nineteen century philosopher has also benefited much from literature and he himself was one of the greatest More
AbulAla M`arri is one of the scholars and literary men of the fourth century who could perpetuate his ideas through literature and poetry. Arthur Schopenhauer the nineteen century philosopher has also benefited much from literature and he himself was one of the greatest masters of the German language prose. What is comparable considering these two intellectuals is their pessimistic philosophical considerations which they have applied although with some differences in theory and practice. These two scholars have similarities and differences but their similarities are much more than their differences.
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By comparing Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and Islamic mysticism (including its Quranic, discursive and literary foundations), it is possible to find many common issues between their epistemological foundations. The present article attempts to consider the state of fe More
By comparing Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and Islamic mysticism (including its Quranic, discursive and literary foundations), it is possible to find many common issues between their epistemological foundations. The present article attempts to consider the state of fear and hope in the preface of Inferno (the first part of Divine Comedy) and Islamic mysticism by using analytic-comparative method. The results indicate that the cantos of Inferno, like Islamic mysticism, refer to the need of a wise old man (pir-e dānā) in the spiritual journey, following him in the beginning of suluk (the spiritual journey) to reach rational knowledge, going along with him after helplessness and the inability of reason to attain the Truth. But, in Inferno, contrary to Islamic mysticism, the concept of fear is prominent, love is seen less and fear of punishment is more prominent than fear of God's cunning. The reason for these differences is that Dante was influenced by the teachings of the Church; he was scared of God and was obliged by religious laws.
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