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The association between myth & mystical themes in literary and narrative contexts in the extensive field of literature is one of the forms of recognizing identities of human and society. Investigating of applying theme in contemporary literary texts in Gide’s & Hafez’s works in order to represent social, psychological and individual transformations has a symbolic form. If the authors specify the time and space in a story, symbols & applied myths make these times and spaces more tangible. Some of these symbols and applied myths indicate a number of positive mental concepts, while some others portray negative ones. Myth not only into the living culture of humans, but it has also penetrated deeply into literature & mysticism. Many of the Hafez’s & Gide’s prose and poetic narratives include mystic themes understanding of which requires identifying the content and the devices used in their texts. In the present paper, it has been attempted to demonstrate the similarities & differences of these two author’s texts from a mystical and mythical point of view.

Keywords: Gide, Hafez, myth, poetry, mysticism

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