Arabic Literature - Articles in Press

Abu Nu’ās between the Rulers’ Hammer and the History’s Anvil

Yousof Hadipour Nehzami

Volume 3, Issue 1 , August 2011, , Pages 47-67

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Human history has been witness to the emergence of great men and women who illustrated the sufferings and wishes of mankind. They have bravely put in hard effort to resist long-standing ... Read More

Methods used by contemporary Arab writers in writing the history of Contemporary Arab literature

Hasan Dadkhah Tehrani; Fatemeh Sa’aduni

Volume 4, Issue 1 , June 2012, , Pages 47-64

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2012.29683

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To write the history of Arab literature, contemporary Arab writers have used different methods. These methods differ from each other and each one has some advantages over the other ... Read More

A Study About Syntax Scholar and Qoran Commentator Views About “Vav-e-Samania”

Mohammad Reza Haji Esmaeeli; Zahra Ghasem Nejad

Volume 4, Issue 3 , October 2012, , Pages 47-62

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2012.30319

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The present article , by an extensive exploration in valid Syntactical and Commentator books and referring to Quran verses and fabric Characteristics of Words, Sheds doubts on the existence ... Read More

A handful of Iranian thoughts in al-adab al-saghir

Vahīd Sabziānpour

Volume 4, Issue 4 , February 2013, , Pages 47-70

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2013.35133

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Al-adab al-saghīr has been translated from Pahlavi, and can be regarded as the crossroads of the Iranian and Islamic cultures. Ibn-e Moqafa’a, like other translators of Pahlavi ... Read More

Literal and Meaning Function of Repetition in the Poem of Ahmad Matar and Omran Salahi

Farhad Rajabi

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2014, , Pages 47-68

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2014.50257

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After Weakening of Traditional Presence of Rhythm and Rhyme in Poem and Introducing of New Issues and Challenges, the Necessity of Using the Capacity and Various Tools for Indicating ... Read More

Verbal Violence in the Novel "Zeina" by Nawal al-Saadawi An Analysis Based on the Approach of "Jeanette Malkin"

Rouhollah Saiiadi Nezhad; Masoomeh Bakhsh Ali Zadeh; Mohsen Seifi

Volume 16, Issue 1 , March 2024, , Pages 47-59

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2023.353880.612635

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The aim of this article is to explore the concept of verbal violence in the novel "Zeineh" and to understand how literary texts relate to the power that dominates any society. And with ... Read More

Structural analysis of Jawaheri’s Poems: A case study of two religious odes

Narges Ansari; Tayebeh Seifi

Volume 6, Issue 2 , July 2015, , Pages 49-70

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2015.54194

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Today, it is clear that literature is an event that becomes apparent within the context of language; since it is language that gives form and identity to it. In fact language is a system ... Read More

Critical Studying of Postcolonial Contrasts in the Novel "Al-Rabie Wa Al-Kharif" Written by Hanna Mine (With Look at Edward Said's Orientalism)

Ali Kariminia; Maryam Jalilian

Volume 14, Issue 3 , October 2022, , Pages 49-69

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2022.335444.612486

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Postcolonial critique examines the methods of imperialism's influence on literature by examining the relationship between the colonizer and the colonized, and has attracted the attention ... Read More

Analysis of the Defense Mechanism in the Story of "Ainak Qadri" by Ghaghad Al-Saman

Hossein Nazeri; zahra haghayeghi; Zahra Makki

Volume 15, Issue 2 , May 2023, , Pages 49-67

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2022.347614.612579

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Picaresqe is an important style in contemporary fiction that writers use to express their views on society and its problems and to critique the social, political, economic and moral ... Read More

“Arising of Arabic Free Verse and its characteristics”

Ali Pirani Shal

Volume 3, Issue 2 , November 2011, , Pages 51-62

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As a modern solution to portrait poets’ emotions, free verse is essentially important. There is a lot of difference in attitude toward the exact date of its arising and disadvantages ... Read More

Motif of Recalling the Charismatic Characters in The Poetry of Yahya Samavi

Rasool Balawi; Ali khezri; Marziyeh Abad

Volume 6, Issue 1 , November 2014, , Pages 51-70

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2014.52023

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Motif is a literary device that is usually used to enrich a text. It has not only to do with any recurring element within a literary work but with the creation of certain effects on ... Read More

Analysis of the Main Female Characters in Shahrnosh Parsipoor's Novel “The Dog and the Long Winter" and Fatemeh Yousef Al-Ali's Novel "Faces in the Crowd” Based on the Symbolic Interaction Theory

Mahmood Heidari; mina khoubanian

Volume 14, Issue 4 , January 2023, , Pages 51-69

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2023.330317.612447

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Symbolic interaction theory studies the activities of persons in dealing with social phenomena. One of the main themes of this theory is the study of personality development on the ... Read More Symbolic interaction theory studies the activities of persons in dealing with social phenomena. One of the main themes of this theory is the study of personality development on the basis of individual actions. The founders of this theory believed that behavioral analysis should be based on "social action" because the personality of the individual or himself is formed in communication with society. Based on this theory, the present article divided the personality of women, their dynamics, and gender roles in fictional literature. To reach this purpose, the four components of self-concept, behavioral Characteristics, connection patterns, and Position in the hierarchy of power were used to analyze the main characters in two novels. The research adopted the method of qualitative content analysis with a comparative approach to the societies of Iran and Kuwait and the units of analysis are two novels by Shahrnoush Parsipoor (The Dog and the Long Winter) and Fatima Yousef Al-Ali (Faces in the crowd). To this end, the feminist characters in these stories are divided into three character groups: traditional, transitional, and modern women to analyze women's actions on the basis of the roles they play in society. The results of the study show that the two main characters in these two novels belong to the group of modern women according to the mentioned components. They refuse to accept sexual suitability in society and seek to redefine sexuality and all concepts related to it. These fictional and inspiring characters also see themselves as capable women who use their abilities to achieve the ideal of equality and the realization of their rights. They have characteristics such as: non-functional, tradition-breaking, sexually active, brave, etc., and follow a set of female and male communication patterns. According to this study, women who do not have purely feminine characteristics or follow communication patterns and consider themselves to be personal are in the group of modern women

Cognitive Ontological Metaphors in al-Sahifa al-Sajjadi Prayers in Light of Lakoff and Johnson’s Theory

mahmoodreza tavakoli mohamadi; Mohammadrazi Jaduu aljahishi

Volume 16, Issue 3 , July 2024, , Pages 53-79

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2024.367576.612750

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Cognitive metaphor is considered one of the modern topics in linguistics, and its theorists, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, took it from its linguistic framework to the conceptual ... Read More Cognitive metaphor is considered one of the modern topics in linguistics, and its theorists, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, took it from its linguistic framework to the conceptual cognitive field, so that it is considered present in aspects of “mental thinking” in all areas of ordinary life. Lakoff and Johnson believe that metaphor is not for decoration or embellishment Or a linguistic phenomenon related to the language of poetry, but rather an intellectual phenomenon that is related to our conceptual system, inherent in the ordinary life that we live, because we hardly realize it most of the time, and that an important part of our emotions, behavior, and experiences is metaphorical in nature. One of the most important buildings of this theory is the concept of “conceptual schemes,” which is a mental phenomenon that enables many intellectual experiences and basic concepts to be understood, such as trust in God, feelings of sin, shame, submission, and reassurance, and then tangible experiences through metaphor. The Sahifa al-Sajjadiyah played an important role in employing metaphor, due to its openness to an infinite process, which produces a diverse interpretive chain. Hence, the interpretation of the metaphor varies according to the cognitive contents from which the reader starts, so supplications play a central role through latent interaction. The article was subjected to some reading. Conceptual diagrams of ontological metaphors and their analysis in Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya in light of Lakoff and Johnson’s theory to clarify the implicit and aesthetic connotations, which explain to the recipient how he obtains religious experiences, relying this on the descriptive analytical approach, from which it is deduced that the Qur’anic concepts in the culture of imams are metaphorical, and material experiences are like containment. Balance and others constitute the core of the concepts adopted by the Imam, revealing the extent to which his moral philosophy is embodied. This is because transferring abstractions from the realm of non-existence to the realm of existence and being is easier to understand, and closer to realization, as it gives society an awareness of what Imam Al-Sajadi is heading in doctrine and culture, in addition to Expanding understanding

“Review and analysis on plot in Novel “At-Tariq Al-Tawil” written by Naguib AL- Keilani”

Zahra Afzali; Mehri Kheirizadeh

Volume 3, Issue 3 , February 2012, , Pages 55-82

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At present, story literature has achieved an extraordinary credit in terms of purposing the foremost and most orginal issues concerning to human as well as the rate of influence and ... Read More

Applicable role of Laisa and Layakun in the Arabic grammar

Mohammad Ebrahim Khlifeh Shushtari; Zahra Khodaii

Volume 4, Issue 2 , August 2012, , Pages 57-72

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2012.30308

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Since the verbs of and have similar use and play an important role in Arabic grammar, it was useful to study both and discuss about their functions. Following the discussion we found ... Read More

Components Post Colonial Perception in" Road to the sun East –west" Wirtten by Abdul Karim Nassif

javad Asghari; simin gholami

Volume 10, Issue 2 , December 2018, , Pages 21-40

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2018.201467.611425

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One of the approaches of comparative literature and cultural studies is criticizing post colonialism which analyzes the impacts of colonialism in literary texts and deals with discovering ... Read More One of the approaches of comparative literature and cultural studies is criticizing post colonialism which analyzes the impacts of colonialism in literary texts and deals with discovering post colonialist parameters in literature. Perhaps it could be say, post colonialism is one of topics that has caught critic’s attention even in 2001. Abdul karim nassif is contemporary capable Syrian writer who is unknown for Iranian readers. He has tried by authoring the book "Road to the sun: East –west" to place the issue of countering colonialism as your top priority. this writer presented consequence colonialism in Syria during the invasion by France. In addition to, He puts forward pensive ideas concerning land independence with safeguarding traditional values of the Arab world’s awakening a nation’s fight to gain freedom a parallel to romantic subject. The present research attempts to take a step in this critical domain to allocate postcolonial protagonists of the novel such as orientology, european-centeredness, the other and subaltern based on emphasis of descriptive-analytic method in this novel. The result shows that how the writer has been able to describe the colonial effects and consequences political, sociological and economical in the middle east, especially in syria by using postcolonial view using a multi-layered narrative and display the negative impacts and feedback of colonialism with the field of this approach and to play a role through reviving cultural and national traditions or sternghtening them. It could be say that the postcolonial protagonists orientology has considerable impact in this novel. As a matter of fact, by highlighting the manifestation of the eastas the post-colonialism and the element of location in this novel, the writer shows the confrontation of the two east and the west cultures on the hand, and on the other hand, with the presence of the protagonist in the east, he incites a kind of patriotism feeling in him.

A Comparative Study of Ahmed Saadawi’s Frankenstein in Baghdad and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Seddigheh Hoseini; Mahin Hajizadeh; Hamid Valizadeh

Volume 12, Issue 1 , March 2020, , Pages 23-46

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2019.268460.611985

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The term hypertextuality refers to any form of adaptation; therefore, in literature, this term expresses the relations between texts. The novel Frankenstein in Baghdad written by Ahmed ... Read More The term hypertextuality refers to any form of adaptation; therefore, in literature, this term expresses the relations between texts. The novel Frankenstein in Baghdad written by Ahmed Saadawi, an Iraqi novelist, is influenced by Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus in that the signs of the cleared layers of Shelley’s hypotext can be seen in Sadawi’s hypertext. This leads to a palimpsestuous relation between the two texts. In the field of hypertextuality, the term palimpsest refers to any type of adaptation in which the layers of the original text can be seen in the adapted text. This process, which is named transformation, takes place through a purposeful change made in the hypertext without any imitation of it. The transformation and extension of meaning in the hypotext is done through transposition, which refers to the drastic changes made to the hypotext. It is possible, however, to detect parody of the hypotext, such as practice of transvestism, in Saadawi’s novel. Yet, parody is not the entire hypertextual relation between the two texts. This study analyzes the transformational relation between some features of the contents of the two texts and the changes made to the hypertext in the form of transposition. Transposition makes profound changes in many of the dimensions of Shelley’s novel without interpreting it. Titles, names, places, themes, symbols, language, religion, and beliefs are some of the items that are transposed in Saadawi’s novel. The appearance of the character Frankenstein in Saadawi’s novel causes the emergence of different cultural and social symbols and signs. The difference between the language of the novels and the difference between places are vivid examples of transposition that explain the spectral presence of Frankenstein in the hypertext, the dominant atmosphere of the hypertext, and how the past causes the absence of meaning with its presence.

Introduction, Review and Analysis of the Manuscript “Izz al-Din Abdul Aziz Kāshi’s Sharḥ al-Mufassal”

Mohammad Ebrahim Khalifeh Shooshtari; roghayyeh khorrami

Volume 9, Issue 2 , March 2018, , Pages 37-54

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2017.204773.611453

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kāshi’s Manuscript “sharḥ al-Mufassal” remained from the seventh and eighth centuries (A.H), and the author explained zamakhshari’s “al-Mufassal” ... Read More

Investigation of the Style Maker Components in “Tahavvolat al-Asheq” of Adonis

Ali Nazari; Sayed Mahmud Mirzaii Alhosaini; Mehran Najafi Hajivar

Volume 10, Issue 1 , June 2018, , Pages 37-54

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2018.211434.611503

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Tahavvolat Al-Asheq poetry collection, has written by Adonis one of contemporary Arab poet. Adonis is one of the most prominent critics and literates of the world with his innovations ... Read More Tahavvolat Al-Asheq poetry collection, has written by Adonis one of contemporary Arab poet. Adonis is one of the most prominent critics and literates of the world with his innovations and iconoclasm in Arabic poetry and critique. He composed and published the poetry collection Tahavvolat Al-Asheq in 1961-1965. During this time, Adonis was greatly affected by mystical and religious studies, and this period of time can be considered as the stage of poet's maturity and poetic perfection. He was affected by the opinions and thoughts of the nominated mystics, in particular, Abdul Jabar Neffari, Ibn Arabi and Sheykh Mahmoud Shabestari, to a certain extent that he published a magazine entitled "Moaghef". Al-mavaghef va Al-mokhatabat were some literary works of Neffari that were related to the spiritual progress, wayfaring and journeying of mystics and order of conduct. This poem is closely related to mystical and religious insights. In this article, relying on inductive approach based on the description and analysis, we explain the stylistic elements of Tahavvolat Al-Asheq poetry in different layers of literature and language. In this research, with an overview of this components in both literature and language, relying on clear specifications of poet poetic style, we analyzed the intellectual level and intellectual level has not been studied separately because poet`s thinking and mentality, consciously or unconsciously, has direct influence in language formation and literary levels. By examining the literature level we can regard him as most familiar remover among Arab poets and based on the obtained results with examining the language level (lexical frequency and repeating elements), since governing structure and content of the poetry has religious signs, Adonis`s poetic style is abstract, mind-oriented and use of mental and labeled terms as well as the use of mystery and myth, has neared poetry language to sufi language, thus causes its complexity and ambiguity. On the other hand, array replication in this poem, in addition to the rhythmic word is represents poet`s internal feelings.

Exemplifications in the Dictionary of al-Ain by Khalil Ibn Ahmad al-Farāhidi: With a Focus on Poetic Instance

Bahram Amani Chacoli

Volume 9, Issue 1 , December 2017, , Pages 39-52

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2017.117051.611223

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AbstractThe book of Al-ain Khalil ibn Ahmad Farāhidi (100- 170 AH) is one of the most important sources of the Islamic period. Exploring the citations of this book is important ... Read More

The Reflection of Folk Beliefs in the Poetry of Mutanabbi

Hadis Sheikh Asadi; Sadegh Sayyahi; Hasan Dadkhah Tehrani

Volume 12, Issue 4 , February 2021, , Pages 39-58

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2019.233517.611721

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Folk beliefs are among the most important elements of imagery in poetry. Folklore is like a mirror which reflects the spiritual characteristics of a nation and their background through ... Read More

An Analysis of Anachronism in Ghada al-Samman’s “The Fire of that Summer” Based on Gérard Genette’s Theories

Samireh Khosravi; Vahid Sabzianpoor

Volume 12, Issue 2 , July 2020, , Pages 43-62

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2019.266412.611974

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Time is one of the important topics in narratology. Gérard Genette, a French theorist of structuralism, has provided the most comprehensive theorization of time in narration, ... Read More Time is one of the important topics in narratology. Gérard Genette, a French theorist of structuralism, has provided the most comprehensive theorization of time in narration, especially the discrepancy between the time of the narration and the time of the story. The present research tries to examine Ghada al-Samman’s “The Fire of that Summer,” published in her 1973 collection of short stories The Departure of Old Ports, based on Genette’s theorization of time order so as to determine the extent to which anachronism is used in two retrospective and prospective modes in this story. The main hypothesis of this study is that Samman’s short story, since it has many temporal inconsistencies so that the past, present and future intrude into one another, can be analyzed by Genette’s theories. The research, adopting an analytical-descriptive method, analyzes the inconsistencies between the time of the story and the time of the text to demonstrate that the author, using retrospective anachronism (in three forms: diegetic, non-diegetic, and a combination of these two) and prospective anachronism (diegetic and non-diegetic), breaks the linear time of the story. The story begins at a moment when the internal and subjective conflicts of the main character (the narrator) are highlighted. By exposing the inner world and the chaos of the protagonist, Samman invites the audience to read a moving, complex, and, sometimes, highly engaging story. She uses retrospective diegetic anachronism to depict the protagonist’s bitter memories of the fall of the West Bank and the defeat of 1967, while she uses non-diegetic anachronism to portray the Arab community’s negligence of the suffering of Palestinian people. Prospective anachronism is used to portray the predictions of the protagonist about the future of Arab societies. Since the story is based on the portrayal of the reminiscences of the protagonist, retrospective diegesis is highlighted.

A Paradigmatic-Syntagmatic Analysis of Mohammad Ali Shams al-Din’s “Al-Nazeloon ala al-Riyh”

abolfazl rezaei; zahra sadrian

Volume 11, Issue 2 , October 2019, , Pages 45-65

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2019.266857.611977

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The theory of paradigmatic and syntagmatic axes developed by Roman Jacobson is one of the important approaches employed in semantic and formalist criticism. This theory has a unique ... Read More The theory of paradigmatic and syntagmatic axes developed by Roman Jacobson is one of the important approaches employed in semantic and formalist criticism. This theory has a unique function in discovering the internal meanings of linguistic structures and, in particular, the study of contemporary literature and the innovations of the authors of this era. Mohammad Ali Shams al-Din is one of the contemporary modern poets of Lebanese resistance literature who fashioned stunning imagery by creating innovative methods of linking elements of discourse. Taking note of the complexity and multi-layered concinnity of Shams al-Din’s poetry, the present paper seeks to employ a descriptive-analytic method to elicit the aesthetic elements of his ode “Al-Nazaloon Ala al-Riyh” based on paradigmatic and syntagmatic axes. This leads to an analysis of the covert semantic relations found in this literary work, as well as to discovering the innovative symbols used in it, and to determining the extent of its relevance to Iranian history, on the one hand, and the Islamic-Shi’i culture on the other. The results of the discussion indicate that Shams al-Din, by carefully selecting his words and combining them in paradigmatic and syntagmatic axes, has made intricate and delicate concinnities, using the literary devices of Īhām (a literary device in which the author’s words, phrases, or sentences do not have a fixed interpretation and can be interpreted in different ways), metaphor, and irony. Furthermore, he, for the first time, using the symbols of Iranian history, like Zenobia, along with the novel symbols derived from the Koranic culture and the battle of Karbala, such as wind and zabiha (the Islamic method of slaughtering halal animals), exhibited the interrelation of Arab, Iranian, and Islamic cultures. Moreover, the nature of his poetry is such that in critique and analysis of his literature, the paradigmatic and syntagmatic axes work properly and efficiently.

The Romantic Insight in the Classical Images, a Research about Ibn Zaydun’s Sonnets

Khodadad Bahri

Volume 13, Issue 3 , November 2021, , Pages 45-65

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2021.296336.612172

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Romanticism is one of the most famous contemporary literary schools that has had a great impact on the works of poets and writers from different countries of the world. The most prominent ... Read More Romanticism is one of the most famous contemporary literary schools that has had a great impact on the works of poets and writers from different countries of the world. The most prominent features of this literary school are: honest interpretation of personal emotions and feelings that come to the human conscience; being intrinsic or individualism; empathy and unity with nature; paying close attention to landscapes, especially pristine and wild landscapes; adherence to imagination; interpretation using new and inspiring codes; getting rid of poem meter and rhyme in moderation; back to the beginning and childhood; regretting of the past; dreams, love, despair, thinking about death and... . Although it has emerged recently, it seems that the themes it emphasizes can also be found in poetry from earlier literary periods. The author intends to answer these questions by examining Ibn Zaydoun's sonnets, one of the most prominent poets of Andalusia. Which of the themes that are called romantic themes today exists in the poems of Ibn Zaydun? How close are the images that the poet has created to express these themes to the specifications of the illustrations of the school of Romanticism? The author's method for answering these questions is descriptive-analytical. The results show that although the school of Romanticism is a new school, the following themes can be considered as examples of romantic themes in Ibn Zaydun's sonnets: the individual grief caused by an unexpected love for Valladeh the daughter of Mostakfi that not only led to separation but also to his imprisonment. The longing for home that has been sometimes appeared in poems combined with beloved’s memories and sometimes in independent poetry. A return to the past, especially to a period in which the poet's bliss has flourished. The study also shows that the poet's portrayals, especially his descriptions, lack consistency in the vertical axis of poetry, but in many cases he has chosen the metaphorical language that is a characteristic of romantic poetry to express his inner feelings.

Pre-Islamic Women in Tribal Wars

Mostafa Shiravi-khouzani; Mahdi Naseri; Tawfiq Bavi

Volume 13, Issue 2 , July 2021, , Pages 47-68

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2020.211947.611507

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Frequent tribal wars are a fact that cannot be denied or overlooked, and the effects of these wars on human society as a whole, and women in particular, should be taken into consideration. ... Read More

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