COMPARATIVE LITERATURE STUDIES
Year:2008 | Volume:2 | Issue:6|Papers Count:10

Dante’s “Comedy” has three sections or volumes. The first section is the hell, the second one is the purgatory (in other words a place for being purified from sins) and the third is the heaven. Her book involves one hundred rhymes.Every section (volume) consists of ten layers.There are two special numbers in this book; one of them is 3 which is a symbol of trinity and the other is 10 which is a symbol of unity. Dante’s trip starts from the hell then goes to the purgatory and purifies himself; finally, he moves to the heaven. “Ardavirafnameh’’ is one of the writings which had a great influence on Dante. Ardaviraf is a Zoroastrian person who reports his seven-day fanciful trip about what he has seen.

The present article is a comparison between Iran and Arab’s satire. Obeid Zakani’s satire  as an Iranian satire has been compared to an Arabic one.Satire is a kind of prelude in which we can taunt, defeat or reveal someone’s weak points easily.In Arabic literature, the poet tries to defeat a person or tribe by using satire in his poetry. Satire’s aim is not “laugh’’; it is a means of expressing and transferring the aim of writer to the reader in a better way.

Comparative literature is one of the most important literary branches which helps us to find the similar aspects of elite’s thought who have lived in different times places.Miguel de Unamuno-Spanish philosopher and poet-had a great influence on existentialists by his book “the mortal pain”. On the other hand, his writings about belief are very similar to Eastern mystics.The present article tries to compare Unamuno’s point of view of belief with Hafez’s-a famous Iranian poet.

Amir Moezzi is one of the famous poets of Khorasan who had honored Arabic literature as well. That’s why he has used Arabs’ contents and words in his poetry, directly or indirectly.The present article tries to survey two poems and some verses of Amir Moezzi and the influence of Emro’-al-Qeis on his poetry.

In the present article, first some verses of Sa-eb s divan have been discussed, then some verses of Quran; the ones (from Quran) which have had influence on his poetry with complete explanations. The aim of the writer is to show the aspects which result strength in his poems that can be seen obviously.Furthermore, the writer has surveyed a Quran’s story-Yusuf Surawhich has had a great effect on Sa-eb and his poetry.

The present article tries to survey two genius poets of the world-Mowla-na- and Jebra-n Khalil Jebra-n.The flute that Jebra-n has mentioned in his “Paya-mbar” (messenger) is the one that Mowla-na- has talked about it in his “Mathnavi” (couplets). Jebra-n calls himself a harp in his book which Lord plays it and Mowla-na- talks about the relation between human and the creator “Lord”.

Kha-leq Mirza-za-deh is a great ctitic and researcher in Tajikistan. He was familiar with Sa‘di’s works, especially Golesta-n and Bousta-n , from his teen years; and he created estimable researches about Sa‘di through studying of and searching in his works.It should be mentioned that there are worthwhile researches done in Tajikistan in relation to Sa‘di’s eventful life and his literary heritage. These researches begins with Master Sadr al-Din ‘Eini’s treatise titled “Sheikh Mosleh al-Din Shira-zi” and continues with Kha-leq Mirza-za-deh’s researches.This article tries to study Master Kha-leq Mirza-za-deh’s viewpoints about Sa‘di’s life and works and to introduce this researcher’s thoughts to Iranian readers.

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 the world have learned this language eagerly. Persian Dari was blossomed in the 3rd century and the signs of poetry were appeared. Roudaki-the famous Iranian poet-was the ringleader of this difficult path.

Nima- Youshij and Badr Sha-ker are two neologist poets who are similar in morale and poetry language, in spite of their times and places of living.They both were grown in villages and in the heart of the nature; they both left their hometowns to continue their studies. Talking about loneliness and naturalism is clear in their poems.The present article tries to find an answer to the following questions:1. What are the differences and similarities between these two poets’ languages?2. What is the reason of neology in their poems?3. What is the most obvious depicting in these two poets’ poems?

The present article first surveys the general concepts of comparative literature and its principles and then works on the themes of Behrangi-Iranian children’s writer- and Silverstein’s writings-American children’s writer.Differences and similarities of these two writers, their different times and places of living, and the characters they use in their writings have been surveyed in this article.