The present study aimed firstly at investigating the impact of translators' style on figurative language translation from English into Persian. Secondly, it intended to find which strategies were most frequently adopted by Persian translators to translate figures of speech into Persian. Lastly, the study sought to check the extent of transference of figurative features of literary texts in Engl...

The present study aimed firstly at investigating the impact of translators' style on figurative language translation from English into Persian. Secondly, it intended to find which strategies were most frequently adopted by Persian translators to translate figures of speech into Persian. Lastly, the study sought to check the extent of transference of figurative features of literary texts in Engl...

Although haikai no renga was central to the poetic practice of haikai poets throughout the Edo period, its status within the canon of Japanese literature has been problematic since Masaoka Shiki declared that it was not bungaku. 3 Although Shiki admitted that haikai no renga texts had “literary” elements, linked verse values change over unity so his final judgment was that it could not be consi...

the subject of love has been a source of inspiration for poets and men of letters as well as a basic element for many literary works in the world and especially in the oriental literary works. arabic poets have also placed the subject of love as the progenitor of the seminal and enduring works and have presented different interpretations of it depending on their personality, their life experien...

Hardly could any poet, like Al-Mutanabbi, draw to himself the constant attention of scholars, literary man and poets. In this article, we try to find the secret of the admiration that Al-Mutanabbi’s poetry has won and see why he is one of the most preferred poets and considered the prophet of Arab poets. Scholars have studied this issue from various perspectives. In this article, however, I wil...

literary commitment is an imported concept from western literary review which has found great place among arab scholars and critics in the last decades, because the critical, political, economic and cultural conditions of arab world and the domination of cruelty and exploitation caused the writers and poets to accompany the revolution of innocent countries. farouq jowaida, an egypt poet, is one...

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 and maturity. this literary and thinking figure has affected the literary men after him in differing ways. contemporary poets, relying on his literature, have promoted their own literary innovations, and thereby have en...