Critical Survey of Hermeneutic Insight in Einol Qozat-e-Hamedani

Interpretative approaches bear a unique status in Persian literature; particularly in mystical literature. Einol Qozat-e-Hamedani is a prominent example of such interpretative approaches. The most vivid literary feature of Einol Qozat is his unique perception about an issue known as "paraphrase". It can be said that in Persian prose, no one has ever discussed "paraphrase" to this extent and in such detail before; except Einol Qozat. The major concern of Hamedani in most of his works is to interpret and paraphrase whatever that has been expressed in a coded language and explain how it can be appropriately understood. He enjoys exclusive and fresh horizons in paraphrase and interpretation which are stunning. This article tries to discuss Einol Qozat-e-Hamedani's position in hermeneutic queries; in the common hermeneutic fields such as text comprehension, text pleasure, connection between word and meaning, single-meaning and multi-meanings. Further on it intends to express his link and association with hermeneutics discussions- which has turned into an extended and developed approach in understanding humanistic knowledge in the last decades- away from any aberrations and exaggeration, answering this basic question; can the traditional opinions of a deeply thought author who lived a thousand years ago be adapted and reconstructed in the framework of modern hermeneutical theories and modern literary criticism approaches?