Genealogy of didactic literature (A glance at the reasons of presence and expansion of didactic literature in Iran)

The didactic literature and its style has a long history. Many works are created and reached us with the contents of advice and recommendation. This history and the existence of many evidences have placed this kind of language as a special genre among Iranians and in Persian literature. However، in the era of Mashrooteh (constitutional revolution) when Iranians got familiar with modernism، this genre was faced with a lot of critiques and gradually weakened. The reason behind expansion in pre-modernism and then weakening in modernism period is due to type of Iran government and class structure of Iran before Mashrooteh period. In a hierarchical society in which some are higher than others the use of language of advice and recommendation is unavoidable. Therefore، Saadi and Nezamolmolk had to use this type of language in their works. In Mashrooteh period dictotarial government and hierarchical society was collapsed and the ground for developing and acceptance of didactic literature disappeared.