A Critical Research of Influence Studies in Iran's Comparative Literature

Huge burden of research in comparative literature in Iran relates to influence studies between Persian literature and other literatures based on the French school، though many of them are not scientific and purposeful due to the theoretical and methodological problems of French school and the methods of Iranians comparatists. This paper has three-part structure: in the first part، we discuss the theory and methodology of influence studies according to the French school. Next، it includes the criticism on the methodology of French school. In the third level، we investigate and analyze some of the theoretical and methodological problems in influence studies in Iran، and we conclude that the lack of appropriate background، imported theory and its mismatch with the literary and scientific needs of the community، incomplete understanding of the theory and the methodology of French school، and unfamiliarity with new approaches in this field are some of the main reasons of problems in influence studies in Iran.