In the modern art of Iran, painting discourse and poetry discourse (in spite of the ancient artistic tradition) are independent from each other. Nevertheless, poetry and painting sometimes join together; for instance, in the connection between the poetry of Nima Yushij and the painting of Bahman Mohasses. The aim of this paper is to study this connection and also find out the hidden common expe...

efl/esl textbooks have been regarded as essential language teaching materials with which the learners spend about 70 up to 90 percent of their class time. the important role they play and their vast use make them not only influential in learning the language but also in shaping values and attitudes. put it another way, textbooks socialize learners using their contents (i.e. texts, illustrations...

The design of rug and carpets (kilim) have artistic values and capacities which are not known enough for the artists and scholars.  As some of such motifs belonging to the carpets of the city of Jiroft have been extracted by the creative mind of artist without any direct connection with the nature, this paper focuses on such motifs which are similar to natural elements in their visual repr...

in this research the focus of the researcher is on the influence of american myths that have long been held and offered by the american culture and ideologies. sam shepard is conceived to be one of the greatest playwrights of the contemporary american theater. in his works he depicts broken characters who are struggling to keep up with the national expectations but are ceaselessly borne back to...

   In the history of Iran after Islam maybe at the Safavi period, and especially at The Great Shah Abbas era had been the most important and magnificent and Golden Age of developments in all fields, especially at Persian painting art. In this period, by developing of economic and social ties with Europeans which created cultural relations and thus led to a change in the culture and people’s lif...