A Comparative Study of the Poetics of Rudaki and Bashar

Comparative literature is a mode of literary activity in the field of literary criticism. It assumes a general approach to literature and studies literary interaction between different cultures and languages، that is، it treats literary relations and influences among nations. In fact، comparative literature came into being as relations between nations expanded and their literary products were translated and circulated. In the current article، the researchers first treat the status and principles of this innovative branch of literary studies. Then by way of application and comparison the authors study Rudaki and Bashar’s artistic lives، poetic diction، and a number of their common motifs and themes.