Marta Simidchieva
Biographic Data
| ID | 4449308 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marta Simidchieva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marta |
| FAMILY NAME | Simidchieva |
| SIGNATURE | SIMIDCHIEVA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7368-3231 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Defamiliarizing the Familiar? Two Reflections on the Longevity of Ṣādeq Hedāyat’s Fiction
Although Ṣādeq Hedāyat’s works were first published in Iran more than eighty years ago, he remains one of the much-discussed and analyzed modern Iranian authors, both in Iran and abroad. The premise of this article is that the continuing fascination with Hedāyat and the intense focus on his most enigmatic works is partially due to his ability to cast well-established Persian cultural paradigms in novel, unfamiliar moulds. That preconception is te…
Rituals of Renewal
Imitation and Innovation in Timurid Poetics
Husayn Vaciz-i Kashifi, The Persian Prose-Writer Par Excellence of the ninth/fifteenth century, did not compose his treatise Badāyic al-afkār fī ṣanāyic al-ashcār [Wondrous Thoughts on Poetical Tropes] to compensate for the lapses of his predecessors, or to make a groundbreaking contribution to the Persian literary sciences. His stated purpose, at least, was rather prosaic. Badāyic al-afkār was Kashifi's calling card to the new Timurid ruler Sult…
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Rituals of Renewal
Imitation and Innovation in Timurid Poetics
Husayn Vaciz-i Kashifi, The Persian Prose-Writer Par Excellence of the ninth/fifteenth century, did not compose his treatise Badāyic al-afkār fī ṣanāyic al-ashcār [Wondrous Thoughts on Poetical Tropes] to compensate for the lapses of his predecessors, or to make a groundbreaking contribution to the Persian literary sciences. His stated purpose, at least, was rather prosaic. Badāyic al-afkār was Kashifi's calling card to the new Timurid ruler Sult…
Defamiliarizing the Familiar? Two Reflections on the Longevity of Ṣādeq Hedāyat’s Fiction
Although Ṣādeq Hedāyat’s works were first published in Iran more than eighty years ago, he remains one of the much-discussed and analyzed modern Iranian authors, both in Iran and abroad. The premise of this article is that the continuing fascination with Hedāyat and the intense focus on his most enigmatic works is partially due to his ability to cast well-established Persian cultural paradigms in novel, unfamiliar moulds. That preconception is te…
Islamic Studies and History (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Biology (1 works) · Botany (1 works) · Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies (1 works) · Gerontology (1 works) · Gerontology (1 works) · Glory (1 works) · History (1 works)