an amalgamation of ancient mythological and linguistic features from ghabrestan tepe, this article is disposed to introduce some of the oldest findings especially about the then prevailing myths. it can possibly be said that the oldest motifs carved by men, on bones, stones or on cave walls have been the depictions of myths related to homo sapiens; however, even after the lapse of thousands of ...

dolat abadi’s kalidar had been narrated from the intrusive third person point of view. in this way of narration, although the narrator has not physical presence but revealshls his feeling every where in the text. some of critics, like hooshang golshiri, believe that this kind of narration and story telling come from far pasts. the fact is that, the narrator intrusions in kalidar’s stories has m...

narrative style is the main feature of mehdi akhavan sales (1928-1990), one of the famous contemporary persian poets. but what gives a special prominence to his narrative poems and makes it distinct from the works of other contemporary poets is his idiosyncratic use of narrative techniques and methods. he employed in his works the element of narration in a distinctive manner. although, the narr...

one of the controversial issues concerning the qur’ān in the contemporary era has been the claim of the existence of mythological stories in the qur’ān. primarily, muḥammad aḥmad khalaf allāh set forth this claim in his al-fann al-qaṣaṣī. one of khalaf allāh’s evidences for his claim is that on nine occasions the qur’ān has been accused of being mythical by the polytheists and the almighty god ...

short story is a specific form of narration which can play the role of society corrector in critical societies. sādeq hedāyat and tāmer both show different aspects of their social problems. they magnify issues such as illogical family atmospheres, patriarchy, weak human relationships and consequences of modernity and modernism without having the basis of their acceptance in society and insecure...

in every field, typology leads to a better, more complete and more precise knowledge. in spite of the importance and extent of traditional persian stories, there is as yet no complete classification of these stories. most of the present classifications are imprecise, mixing the different kinds of stories. this paper merely deals with an analysis, criticism, morphology and typology of persian tr...