Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 18، number In Volume 10، Junuary 2026 ، issue Number 116

A study of effective grammatical avoidance in Vassaf history

Alireza Mahmoodi (Author in Charge)

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Tarikh- Vassaf is one of the most prominent works of historical technical prose, which was written by Vassaf- ol- hazare Shirazi as sub-category of Joveyni’s History- Jahangoshay.Vassaf considered her main goal in writing this book not only to mention historical events, but also to show her strength and ability in the art writing.The style of writing descriptive history has become a model for others in later period s, it has even been referred to as "the best example of artificial prose". Vassaf has tried to create beautiful, historical and at the same time lasting prose to achieve this goal by using various literary tricks. Among the things that stand out among the others are the effective grammar evasions that he used in creating literary- historical speech. In this research, which aims to introduce and better understand the syntactic characteristics of Tarikh- Vassaf, an effort has been made to discern Vassaf’s method in creating literary prose through syntactic variations.

METHODOLOGY: The method of conducting this research was descriptive- analytical, and its data were collected based on documentary and library methods. In this study, the entire text of Tarikh- Vassaf was examined in terms of "effective deviation from grammar".

FINDINGS: The findings of this research indicate that effective deviation from grammatical rules plays a very important role in the creation and production of "literary text". Effective syntax deviation, or what is called effective grammatical deviation, can be examined in four categories: displacement, substitution, reduction, and increase. When carried out appropriately and with full mastery of the writing craft, effective grammatical deviation has a significant role in the literary quality of the text as well as in its fame and longevity.

CONCLUSION: The result of this study shows that "increase" in the form of protest sentences, alongside other methods of grammatical deviation, has been the most important approach of Vassaf- ol- hazare in creating literary speech. The discovery of lesser-known literary aspects of Persian prose, especially in the field of technical prose, through syntactic normatization, is one of the most important achievements of this research.

Keyword
Tarikh- Vassaf , effective syntax , grammar avoidance , technical prose.