Quranic Figures of Speech in Abul’atāhieh’s Poems
Quranic Figures of Speech in Abul’atāhieh’s Poems

Jahangir Amiri; Shariyar Hemmati

Volume 3, Issue 1 , August 2011, Pages 1-24

Abstract
  Abul’at?hieh, a distinguished poet and the innovator of the technique of ascetic poetry in Abbasid era, was obviously and markedly under the influence of the Holy Qur’an and made ...  Read More
The Influence of Abi al-Alā’ al-Ma’arri on Contemporary Arabic Poetry
The Influence of Abi al-Alā’ al-Ma’arri on Contemporary Arabic Poetry

Shahriar Niazi; Hussein Goli

Volume 3, Issue 1 , August 2011, Pages 25-46

Abstract
  Abu al-Al?’ al-Ma’arri has presented his specific thought and viewpoint in Arabic classical literature. He lived at the time when Arabic literature was at its zenith of richness ...  Read More
Abu Nu’ās between the Rulers’ Hammer and the History’s Anvil
Abu Nu’ās between the Rulers’ Hammer and the History’s Anvil

Yousof Hadipour Nehzami

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

Abstract
  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
Finding Causes of Connotation in Sibawayh’s Kitāb
Finding Causes of Connotation in Sibawayh’s Kitāb

Mohammad Ibrahim Khalifeh Shoushtari; Hossein Pour-Maddah Ardakani

Volume 3, Issue 1 , August 2011, Pages 69-84

Abstract
  After finishing the collection of language elements which they wanted to restrict to the Arabian Peninsula, after organizing and categorizing them under deliberate subjects which include ...  Read More
Technique of Niqāb (Innuendo) in the “Jesus afte Crucifixion” Ode in Shākir al-Sayyāb
Technique of Niqāb (Innuendo) in the “Jesus afte Crucifixion” Ode in Shākir al-Sayyāb

Najmeh Rajaei; Ali Asghar Habibi

Volume 3, Issue 1 , August 2011, Pages 85-114

Abstract
  The tendency to say things indirectly rather than being explicit is one of the most evident qualities of contemporary Arabic poetry. To achieve this indirectness, the contemporary poets ...  Read More
A Introduction to Niqāb (Innuendo) and Its Application in Contemporary Arabic Poetry
A Introduction to Niqāb (Innuendo) and Its Application in Contemporary Arabic Poetry

Ali Najafi Iwaki

Volume 3, Issue 1 , August 2011, Pages 115-134

Abstract
  One of the most common and appealing issues grabbing the attention of the critics of contemporary Arabic literature is innuendo and its applications which are not much attended to by ...  Read More
The Form of Romantic Sorrow in the Free Verse Poetry of Well-known Iraqi Poets Badr Shakir al-Sayyāb, Nāzok al-Malāekah, Abdul-Wahhāb al-Bayāti
The Form of Romantic Sorrow in the Free Verse Poetry of Well-known Iraqi Poets Badr Shakir al-Sayyāb, Nāzok al-Malāekah, Abdul-Wahhāb al-Bayāti

Abolhasan Amin Moqaddasi; Adel Azad-del

Volume 3, Issue 1 , August 2011, Pages 135-176

Abstract
  Sorrow is one of the poetic subjects which is frequent since the ignorance period through elegiac poems which are full of kindness and sad motions. But since the recent & new era in ...  Read More
Paradox in Poetic Symbols of Unshūdat al-Matar    (‘Song of Rain’)
Paradox in Poetic Symbols of Unshūdat al-Matar (‘Song of Rain’)

Adnan Tahmasebi; Nasser Zare

Volume 3, Issue 1 , August 2011, Pages 177-197

Abstract
  This paper examines paradox in the symbols of the poem unsh?dat al-Matar (‘song of rain’), composed by Sh?kir al-Sayy?b. It also investigates how meaning is developed in ...  Read More
The Role of the Holy Qur’an in the Development of Criticism and Rhetoric
The Role of the Holy Qur’an in the Development of Criticism and Rhetoric

Mahmoud Fazilat

Volume 3, Issue 1 , August 2011, Pages 199-216

Abstract
  Since the beginning of the presence of the holy Qur’an, criticism and rhetoric have received attention in the areas of culture and thought, too. In this respect we can name some literary ...  Read More