the literary approach to quranic interpretations is founded on words, morphology, syntax and rhetoric. however, contemporary literary school, in addition to these principles, takes into account other principles like authenticating solely the literary understanding. comparing sayyid murtazā's literary approach with the principles and ideas of sheikh tusi in al-tibyan reveals various aspects...

comparing the works of sohrab sepehri, iranian contemporary poet and jibran khalil jibran, arabian contemporary author fits the comparative literature in the american school though no such effects have been observed to exist between these two literary characters. one of the commonalities between these two literary figures is naturalism which has been considered as the utopia in their works. the...

persuasion is a process which tries to convince audiences and invade their minds. this communicative process has an important role in literary world, because one of the main aims of authors and poets has always been to persuade their audiences. considering such an important, there has been accomplished several different studies on the nature of persuasion in literature and literary studies in r...

In this paper, we investigate whether textual analysis can yield evidence of shared vocabulary or formal textual characteristics in the works of 19th century poets Lord Byron and Thomas Moore in the genre of Romantic Orientalism. In particular, we identify and trace Byron’s influence on Moore’s writings to query whether Moore imitated Byron, as many reviewers of the time suggested. We use a Dis...

As an assistant curator at a literary archives collection, I 'm sometimes called upon to explain why something called a " Texas Music Collection " exists as part of the Southwestern Writers Collection. It's a good question, and the best answer, I've found, is to pull out one of our most treasured items. No, it's not the 1555 edition of Cabeza de Vaca's La Relación y Comentarios, considered the ...

Through a rhetorical system, poets’ and writers’ worldview is reflected in their literary works. One effective factor in forming or changing these viewpoints is the happenings and changes of the world poets dwell on different levels. Simile is an important structure in the rhetorical system. In this piece of research the writers have tried to show how structure of simile in Bidel reveals transf...