Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 14، number In Volume 12، March 2022 ، issue Number 70

Extensive use of the Allegory and its novelties; One of the features of the Khosronameh

Neda Najafi , Manouchehr Akbari (Author in Charge)

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Khosronameh is a poetic and romantic work that some have attributed to Attar and others have rejected this attribution. In the meantime, what is clear and recognizable is the difference in the content of this poem with other works of Attar. Khosronameh is a narration of the love story of two princes named Hormoz and Golrokh, which is somewhat reminiscent of Khosrow and Shirin Nezami Ganjavi. In this article, after a brief review of the accuracy and correctness of the attribution of this work to Attar, its allegory, types and extent in the loss letter are considered and analyzed. The purpose of the present study is to what extent the poet has been able or willing to use the art of allegory to advance his narrative and make it attractive.

METHODOLOGY: This research is based on library studies and descriptive-analytical method. The study version belongs to the correction of Ahmad Soheili Khansari (1960).

FINDINGS: Allegory is divided into two major categories: narrative (narrative) and descriptive. In the loss-making letter, it has almost no frequency in the first category (except for one case at the beginning). Unless we consider the whole story as an allegorical narrative for the insurance and instability of the world.

CONCLUSION: Among the types of descriptive allegories in the loss statement, the frequency of sending proverbs, allegorical metaphor, allegorical metaphor, and equation style are respectively higher. Placing proverbs and allegorical metaphors at the top shows that the poet is more interested in mentioning other common expressions in Persian language and literature than creating similes. This has brought his work closer to the language and understanding of the masses. Another point is that most of these allegories are also used in today"s language.

Keyword
Attar , Khosronameh , allegory , proverb , narration

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