the first two lines of the narrative of rostam and sohrab are among controversial lines of ferdowsi's shahnameh. many researchers have presented different ideas about the different forms of reading the two ending words of each line shaping the rhyme of the poem and also the different meanings of the first word, konj. the writer in this paper has reviewed main opinions of the interpreters and th...

this study examines the influence of ferdowsi on malek-o-shoarâ bahâr’s poetry. accordingly, with a brief review of bahâr’s academic career and his studies of shâhnâme, these influences can be studied under three categories: 1. the praising of shâhnâme and ferdowsi; 2. the use of epic settings and descriptions; and 3. the application of the allusions of shâhnâme in his divan. examples of these ...

the purpose of this study was to examine the status of supervision on departments’ heads at ferdowsi university of mashhad (fum) and realize some applied themes to provide a fit model for supervising departments’ heads in fum. the method was case study under a research category aimed for applied one. using purposive sampling, interviews were conducted with top fum managers, head departments, an...

abstract this study aimed at investigating the impact of etymology strategy instruction on the development of vocabulary of iranian intermediate efl learners. etymology, knowledge of origin of words, roots, and affixes, has proved to be a controversial issue and a question of long debate with regard to its impact on the process of vocabulary learning. this study employed etymology strategy in ...