A Comparative Study of Speech Acts in " Fel-sakbaj" from Hamidi's Maqamat "Almozyrye" from Badi-o-Zaman Hamadani's Maqamat

Maqama refers to a type of technical and riming prose such as narrative, humorous writing and literary notes. Many studies have been conducted into the technical prose and writing style of maqama, however, the Arab and Persian critics and researchers have not paid any attention to the speech acts of this genre. “Fel-sakbaj” is written by Ghazy Hamid-o-din Balkhi. Noticeable similarities between “Fel-sakbaj” and “Almozyrye” have led some people to introduce “Fel-sakbaj” as a translation of “Almozyrye”. The purpose of this paper is to reject this theory. To this end, “Fel-sakbaj” and “Almozyrye”, were analyzed based on speech acts theory. the results of the study indicated that “Fel-sakbaj” is not pure imitation of “Almozyrye” and also it is broader than “Almozyrye” and speech acts of “Fel-sakbaj” is more variable than “Almozyrye”. Because of these features, Ghazy Hamid-o-din Balkhi has been able to give more dynamic narrative to Persian-speaking audiences.