Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 17، number In Volume 9، December 2024 ، issue Number 103

"A Comparative Study of Rabi’s Ali-Nameh and Khousfi’s Khavaran-Nameh at Three Topical, Linguistic, and Literary Levels"

Jaleh Sadat Gheibi , Seyyed Mahmoud Reza (Author in Charge), Hossein Hajizadeh , Jila Sarati

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Ali-Nameh, the first Shia epopee (epic poem) discovered and introduced in recent years by Persian literature scholars, has opened up new horizons for researchers working on religious epic. Khavaran-Nameh is another prominent religious epic recognized in Persian literature. The present study aims to compare these two epopees on topical, linguistic, and literary levels.

METHODOLOGY: This article employs a descriptive, analytic research method. Following an in-depth investigation, the existing samples in both epopees were sorted, discussed, and compared from the three above-mentioned perspectives, and the salient similarities and differences were identified. Statistical population of this study were Ali nameh which includes 11220 verses and Khavaran-Nameh, but due to not publishing the main source made us to use Tazian-Nameh, edited by hamidollah Moradi.

FINDINGS: Following an in-depth investigation, the existing samples in these epopeese were sorted, discussed, from the three above-mentioned perspectives. This study conducted a stylistic analysis of the outstanding topical, literary and lingual Study features of Rabi’s and Khusfi’s poems. The study identifies these features along with characteristic examples and outstanding results have been illustrated at the end of this article.

CONCLUSION: At the topical level, the sources of Ali-Nameh proved more reliable than those of Khavaran-Nameh and were much in line with historical accounts. Linguistically, Khavaran-Nameh was richer in terms of word range and combinations, enjoying more coherent grammatical structures and fewer problems in rhythm and rhyme. At the literary level, too, Khavaran-Nemeh enjoyed more rhetorical and expressive figures of speech than Ali-Nameh.

Keyword
Ali-Nameh , Khavaran-Nameh , Comparative Study , epic poem , Epopee.

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