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        1 - Reflection of Folk Culture in the Prose Works of Persian Literature
        Maryam Jafari Arash Moshfeqi Aziz Hajaji Kahjouq
        Iranian folk culture has specified a great part of our literature among different Iranian ethnic groups and has gained a high place in the vast Iranian literature. Iranian folklore has not yet been widely developed, but folk beliefs, feelings, and ideas have been passed More
        Iranian folk culture has specified a great part of our literature among different Iranian ethnic groups and has gained a high place in the vast Iranian literature. Iranian folklore has not yet been widely developed, but folk beliefs, feelings, and ideas have been passed down from generation to generation and heart to heart without verbal or spiritual complexity and most of the mentioned beliefs are remained in oral form without logical reasoning. Popular culture refers to a group of rituals, beliefs, customs, legends, stories, proverbs, songs, and famous poems. All proverbs, traditional medicine, stories, celebrations, feasts and various rituals among the various ethnic groups form the folk culture of each ethnic group and add to its richness day by day. The purpose of this article is to reflect the folk culture in the prose works of Persian literature according to the travelogues of the Qajar era. The results of the research show that proverbs, beliefs and folk tales, traditional medicine, games, celebrations and feasts, local customs and traditions are among the subsets of folk culture that are in the literary prose works of Persian literature and the authors have applied them to create themes and illustrations. Manuscript profile
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        2 - Survey of popular culture in Jalalieh treatise by Mohtsham Kashani
        zeinab kochaki Alikalayeh seyed keyhan shohadaie Jamal ahmady Reza Borzoiy
        AbstractPublic culture is an ancient heritage with a territory as wide as the history of humanity, which has been inherited orally, from chest to chest and from generation to generation in the form of valuable experiences. The folk literature of every nation and nationa More
        AbstractPublic culture is an ancient heritage with a territory as wide as the history of humanity, which has been inherited orally, from chest to chest and from generation to generation in the form of valuable experiences. The folk literature of every nation and nationality originates from its culture and civilization and reflects the thoughts, views and also the lifestyle of the peoples and nations in the distant past. The purpose of this research is to identify common beliefs and traditions in Jalalieh treatise by Mohtsham Kashani. Therefore, the current research has analyzed the "public culture investigation in Risal Jalalieh by Mohtsham Kashani" using the method of content analysis and based on library studies. The results of the research show that Mohtsham Kashani used most of the elements of popular culture in his work and used them to make his work more attractive and popular. The way to preserve the good and old traditions has also helped a lot, among which the highest frequency is dedicated to public beliefs and opinions, literature and public terms, and the least of them is dedicated to things such as jobs, professions, and public customs. Manuscript profile
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        3 - Syntactic Layer in Some of Persian Lullabies: The Study of Sentence Structure
        Maryam Fazaeli
        Lullabies are one type of songs which fall in the realm of popular literature. One of structural aspects of Lullabies are their syntactic properties. Current research has done by descriptive-analytic research method. The goal is examining of types of sentences in 93 lul More
        Lullabies are one type of songs which fall in the realm of popular literature. One of structural aspects of Lullabies are their syntactic properties. Current research has done by descriptive-analytic research method. The goal is examining of types of sentences in 93 lullabies based on be simple or compound and number of sentences parts. Chi-square test obtained using SPSS21 software, shows there is significant difference between frequencies of simple and compound sentences. That is, frequencies of simple sentences are more than compound sentences significantly. From number of sentence components, three components sentences and one component ones with 46% and 26% have the highest and lowest frequencies in lullabies respectively. Based on Chi-square test, in lullabies, three components sentences have been used more than one component ones significantly. High frequency of simple sentences is appropriate to the lullaby, because in this type of popular literature audiences of lullabies are children who are learning language and it is expected that are used syntactic structure with short and simple sentences and consisting of only one verb in order to processing and understanding them be possible for children. Also, high frequency of simple sentences is due to rhythmic characteristic of lullabies. So this property cause lullabies often told into simple and short three components sentences. Furthermore lullabies have of folk aspect and their speakers are mothers with low level literacy. In folk speech is tried to reduced speech complexity in order to be more fluid. So, in the examined lullabies there are short and simple three components sentences. Manuscript profile
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        4 - The role and place of women in Bakhtiyari songs
        Elyas Ghaderi Abbas Ghanbari Odivi Mojtaba Abdollahi
        One of the varieties of oral literature is the song. The songs in the Bakhtiari culture and literature are widely used. Language as a part of human society has a significant role in the forming of the customs and culture of every nation and community. The role of women More
        One of the varieties of oral literature is the song. The songs in the Bakhtiari culture and literature are widely used. Language as a part of human society has a significant role in the forming of the customs and culture of every nation and community. The role of women in the lyric poetry is very significant and chief. In this research, we investigate the role and position of woman in oral literature especially Bakhtiyar's songs. In this regard, the songs were divided into eight categories. Subsequently, the role of women and the analysis of songs on the determination of women's role have been studied. Then, we find that the Bakhtiari woman, in many cases, is a self-constructor, speaker, and designer in relation to songs, and used them in most stages of their lives and everyday tasks. Some sample of songs are about the women but not created by them. Manuscript profile
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        5 - Structural and content investigation of lyrical Bayati of Hakimabad, Qasemabad and Sadrabad villages of Zarandieh city (Markazi Province)
        Asghar Shahbazi Mohaddese Anvari
         Bayati is the predominant form of lyric poetry in the Turkish language. Bayatis have various themes (lyrical, social, historical and religious) and for this reason, they are recited in numerous celebrations and ceremonies. Bayatis are also a mirror of the beliefs, More
         Bayati is the predominant form of lyric poetry in the Turkish language. Bayatis have various themes (lyrical, social, historical and religious) and for this reason, they are recited in numerous celebrations and ceremonies. Bayatis are also a mirror of the beliefs, customs, temperament and aspirations of the Turkish-speakers and they are therefore of great importance. Fortunately, in recent years, in the light of popular literature in different parts of the country, good researches have been done on Bayatis, especially the Bayatis of the Azerbaijani people, but a close examination shows the Bayatis on other Turkish-speaking areas, including Zarandieh in Markazi Province. But no special research has been done and for this area, in this article, the villages of Hakimebad, Qasemabad and Sadrabad villages of Zarandieh city have been collected by field method and reviewed by content analysis method (descriptive-analytical approach). In this study, it has been determined that there are more than one hundred Bayatis with different themes in these three villages, but lyrical Bayatis have the highest frequency. These Bayatis, like the Azerbaijani Bayatis, are four-syllable and syllabic, but because in some of them the quantity of syllables is not observed, pause and break play an important role in arranging the melody. Most of them have rhymes; Like many Turkish Bayatis, the first shutters are the introduction and the main theme is expressed in the final shutters. Most of the characteristics of popular poetry, including the simplicity of words and language, the scarcity of literary terms and the uncharacteristic nature of the poet, are generally not much different from the Azeri verses. Manuscript profile
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        6 - The Remnants of Myths in The Tales of Mashdi Galin Khānom
        khodadad motazed kiani Ghorbanali ebrahimi Mehrdad chatraei Aziz abadi
        The Tales of Mashdi Galin Khānom, compiled by Laurence Paul Elwell-Sutton, includes 110 folk tales of the Iranian people. The present article tries to show the remnants of myths in some of these folk tales and also to compare the myths with Shāhnāmeh and other mythologi More
        The Tales of Mashdi Galin Khānom, compiled by Laurence Paul Elwell-Sutton, includes 110 folk tales of the Iranian people. The present article tries to show the remnants of myths in some of these folk tales and also to compare the myths with Shāhnāmeh and other mythological books. In these stories, there is no mention of Zal and Simorgh, but the hero is raised by a bird, and the seahorse and the horse help him by pulling a few strands of hair from their mane and giving it to the protagonist. The present study, by using descriptive-analytical method, shows that some folk tales are modified myths that have been reflected in stories and legends over time. The presence of myths in folk tales and legends has led to their survival. The content of the tales may not have all the characteristics of myths, but they are modeled on one or more myths or events of Shāhnāmeh. By analyzing some of folk tales of  The Tales of Mashdi Galin Khānom, the authors have attempted to study the effect of myths in some of these stories and to explain how they were transformed. Manuscript profile