The Modernist Trend in Persian Literature and Its Social Impact

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ID9978868
AuthorsMichael C Hillmann (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author)
Year1982
Volume15
Issue1-4
Pages7-29
Publication date1982-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIranian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/00210868208701590
OpenAlexW1975085562
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited4

For over a thousand years imaginative Persian literature has more directly and comprehensively than any other art medium reflected and nurtured distinctively Iranian cultural themes and orientations and has more than any other single indigenous phenomenon defined Iranian culture for literate Iranians themselves, who through the centuries have often pointed to this literature as a sign of their special place in and distinctive contributions to human cultural expression. Now the phrase “imaginative Persian literature” can refer to various distinct traditions on the Iranian plateau. There is a folk tradition that emerged upon the heels of the appearance of the neo-Persian language in the 9th century. Then there is the better known belletristic court tradition that began in the same era and that persists today, albeit without court patronage, in the writings, particularly verse, of literary traditionalists who feel that the norms, forms, and themes of poets from Rudaki (d. 940) to Jami (d. 1492) constitute still relevant prescriptive standards

Art · Economic geography · Geography · Linguistics · Literature · Persian · Persian literature · Political science · Russian literature · Social science · Sociology · History · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

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