نشریه مطالعات ادبیات تطبیقی
پیاپی 27 (پاییز 1392)

Ibn-Faridh was one of the greatest poets of Sufi poetry in Arabic literature. Rumi، on the other hand، has always been the leading lord of love and mysticism in Persian literature. Rumi and Ibn-Faridh both believe that annihilation would culminate in unity، and they both seek divine union through annihilation. Both assert that، in order to obtain union، the spiritual seeker must first separate themselves from their physical beings، and must then be immersed in the Beloved so that there is nothing left of their own egos. Passing through such a stage، the mystic seeker will find his Eternal Beloved in a union of love. The great importance of this subject and the similarities between the beliefs of Rumi and Ibn-Faridh demands a thorough investigationofthe notions of annihilation in God (Fana)، and total integration in God (baqa).

Finding and comparing the common themes in the poetry of Akhavan Sales and Elia abu Madi، provides the opportunity to reveal the common views and notions of these two modernist poets، and carries the realization that neither geographic alboundaries nor differences in the cultures of various nations and their religions forms an obstacle in discovering the origins of like-mindedness. Because these two poets، while sanctifying their own beliefs، think beyond borders and religions، and their poetry reflects the moaning and pain among people in a society where the storm of oppression and tyranny has dried their hope tree. Such popular poets value humanity and by looking deep in to their environment come to doubt and question the whole universe and creation. Moreover، one can spot the footprints of older poets in the views and ideas of these two modernist poets. Abu Madi and Sales echo the earlier attitudes of Khayyam.

Basically، the comparative study of literary works is possible through two schools، the French and the American. In the American school a critic studies and analyzes the works of two authors or poets regardless of the concept of influence. In this school the existence of common concepts and themes is regarded as sufficient ground for a comparative analysis. If the two poets concerned are contemporary، like Qabbani and Khalil Matran، the study would be called a balance، and if the comparison involves the style and diction of two poets of different languages، like Qabbani and Moshiri، the study would be called a comparison. Thus، the current study compares the romantic poems of Nizar Qabbani and Fereydoon Moshiri focusing on their common romantic themes and notions.

From the dawn of history in all human communities، women have been regard as men’s partners. A great deal of every man’s thoughts، feelings، and emotions concerns and addresses women. In all eras of Arabic and Persian literature، some reflection and portrait of women in either verse or prose is noticeable. The current article studies women’s position in contemporary Arabic and Persian poetry by inspecting the poems of such an influentialArab poet as Nizar Qabbani otherwise known as the poet of women. On the other hand، as part of the comparative scheme of the study the researchers study Forough Farrokhzad، the most influential female poet in contemporary Persian poetry. Thus each poet is studied for their original and peculiar literary expressions، and fresh view of women’s rights and social position in their respective and not so apart cultures.

Poems in Indian style are worthy of note due to their rich images، as in terms of word concept they are similar to the English metaphysical poems of the 17th century. Such poems have brevity، delicacy، and are predictable by complex concepts. Hence، having a powerful structure and a recurrent philosophy، they are considered to possess complex stylistic features matched with the mystic secrets of life. This style is the product of the thoughts and feelings of poets with profound scientific and philosophical knowledge; therefore it requires a distinctive audience. The main features of this style are profound philosophical contemplations، vernacularism، an addressing tone through such devices as simile، metaphor، personification، antithesis، and pun، whose manifestations are noticeable in the literary vocations of John Donne and Saeb Tabrizi، that is to say، these two poets hunt the reader’s mind. This article comparatively studies the selected works of John Donne and Saeb Tabrizi for some of the eminent instances of the above stylistic features.

A comparative study of Yusuf’s story in the Holy Quran and Iraj`s story in Ferdowsi`s Shahnameh shows a unique conception of good and evil in the themes and characters of these two stories. Some of these topics are polygamy، sibling’s jealously، and extreme fatherly love to the youngest child. One can observe some differences between these two stories as the first story ends in happiness and the second ends in tragedy. The current work examines the concepts of good and evil in these two stories.

The present article examines the story of Rostam and Sohrab by Abolghasem Ferdowsi، 4th century Persian poet، and the story of Ibrahim and Ismail in the Quranic tradition. This paper aims firstly to reveal the thematic connectionof the concept of sacrifice and filicide as performed and committed bythe protagonists of these two works، namely، Rostam and Ibrahim; and secondly to explore the resulting ethical dilemmas in the light of Emmanuel Levinas''s notion of responsibility، as such attempting to depict whether filicide is justifiable in the realm of ethics. Thus، the article attempts to show how filicide despite being immoral is considered as amoralct under specific circumstances.

The present article examines the story of Rostam and Sohrab by Abolghasem Ferdowsi، 4th century Persian poet، and the story of Ibrahim and Ismail in the Quranic tradition. This paper aims firstly to reveal the thematic connectionof the concept of sacrifice and filicide as performed and committed bythe protagonists of these two works، namely، Rostam and Ibrahim; and secondly to explore the resulting ethical dilemmas in the light of Emmanuel Levinas''s notion of responsibility، as such attempting to depict whether filicide is justifiable in the realm of ethics. Thus، the article attempts to show how filicide despite being immoral is considered as amoralct under specific circumstances.