this paper aims to explore the relationship between epic poetry and national self-consciousness and in particular study how shahnameh may be analyzed from this angle. what is the relationship between the shahnameh and the iranian national self-consciousness? what can one say about the iranian national self-consciousness on the basis of this text? what does the text reveal about the iranian iden...

Few will doubt that tracing Homer (and Homeric epos) on subsequent classical authors, in all its varied manifestations, has proved to be an enlightening critical enterprise. Indeed, it has become nearly impossible to consider the poetry of the so-called archaic lyric period without acknowledging at some level its relation to Homer and the epic tradition. It is a pity, therefore, that in this re...

The term genre in the literary literature means (type, style, category, or element). genres include all artistic frameworks and templates that poets writers use to shape their thoughts, consciousness emotions. In ancient times (classical age) boundaries between are clearly defined on basis of purity genres. general, had enjoyed a kind independence. However, later stages, were crossed since they...

As a literary subgenre, epic poetry is characterized with specific features in terms of language which distinguishes it from other subgenres. The secondary layer meaning the distinguishing factor. In study, order to examine epic, analyzes story "Rostam and Sohrab" frequency variety meanings its relationship type epic. For this purpose, syntactic structure verbs at beginning stanza related are e...

ashura tragic event and the martyrdom of imam hussein (as) are considered the greatest events in the history of islam after ghadir event because imam (as) held the great epic in ashura day and sacrificed himself and his family, near kin and his companions for the survival of islam. this human event had influence on poets’ souls as they made an attempt to compose lyrics about imam (as). some of ...

resistance literature is full of patriotism and liberalism. the resistance poet defends the aims of his hometown by his poetry weapon and applies his poem at his country’s political and social service. thus the resistance poetry contains a strong epic and national spirit. this kind of literature calls people for defending their grand ideals. tamim al-barghouti is a young palestinian famous poet...