drawing upon some teachings of modern literary criticism and michail bakhtin’s notion of polyphony, the article tries to compare selected iranian contemporary literary and dramatic texts. polyphony, as the potential capacity of a text to produce and reproduce meaning, gives the reader the chance of analyzing the dialogical and narrative patterns of iranian novels and dramas in a new perception....

intertextuality is one of the most important theories in comparative literature, because it deals with effectiveness of literature, just like comparative literature. the theorists believe that any text is the result of absorption and transformation of another text. the maqama technique has had a great impact on european literature in terms of fiction writing and has technically inspired picares...

youssef ismael – iraqi great artist – is one of the nobles in playwriting either in writing or in criticism. al – aani has enjoyed beresht’s theories and ideas while his idea were based on political requirements which was dominant in that era; he wanted to choose a frame for playwriting which considered all types of people of the society. the present article which is analytical – descriptive, s...

This article presents the reading of first summary narrative account in Acts Apostles by adopting Point View Analysis with Intertextual Reading Isaianic prophecies. The thus sheds light on nascent christian community that enjoys God’s blessing through healing works apostles and caring for their sick ones.

RESUMEN: Este artículo trata de recuperar y fundamentar la atribución El Lazarillo a Juan Valdés, ahondando en las razones esgrimidas por Manuel J. Asensio o, más recientemente, Mariano Calvo. Empleando argumentos tipo lingüístico, biográfico e intertextual, cotejando con obras Valdés como el Diálogo lengua o doctrina cristiana, se concluye que, si autor no fue éste habría sido, ya defendió su ...

Abstract The first unmetrical word of Leonidas, AP 6.4 requires emendation, not explanation. On the basis a variant in Lucian, new textual suggestion is made. paper explores metrical and intertextual criteria for explaining passage, but rejects them favour emendation.