The Iranian, or Persian, calendar is solar, with the particularity that the year is defined by two successive, apparent passages of the Sun through the vernal (spring) equinox. It is based on precise astronomical observations, and moreover uses a sophisticated intercalation system, which makes it more accurate than its younger European counterpart, the Gregorian calendar. It is currently used i...

guillaume apollinaire is a famous french poet and writer of the twentieth century. innovations in modern french poetry has caused him to be remembered as a veteran in this field and it has also added a special beauty to his poetry that cannot be seen in the poetry of other poets before him. he is often known for his “calligrammes”. alcools is his most famous collection of poems in europe, espec...

for centuries, the famous iranian mystic and poet, mowlana, has had a great influence on the literature of different nations through his mystical frenzy. poets and writers of other countries including spain, have been enamoured by his poems as well as his literary works. poets who have been influenced by the thoughts of this famous persian mystic have thus been trained in this area. this claim ...

arabic and persian poems have numerous common points and poets of these two languages share the  same point in style, subject, structure and music of poetry. mahdi akhavan thaleth, famous iranian poet, and boland al-heidari, well-known iraqi poet,  are among poets who have many similarities in their works. as an example, there are some conceptual and verbal  similarities between qasedak and sae...

the present research which falls in the field of comparative literature and is based on the french school aims to study and compare the social poetry of ahmad shamlou, a renowned contemporary iranian poet, and bertolt brescht, a german poet, writer and theorist's famous theater. the two poets looked at social issues through a human perspective and simple language which is reflected in thei...

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...

arabic language has become a global language in a significant period of time and has been distributed all around the world by developing islam in the world. this language moved to china, middle east, egypt, and north of africa and finally arrived to southwest of europe. the people of arabian peninsula have flattened the path of civilization by quran’s language so that other genius nations of th...