1- Associate Professor of French Language and Literature, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
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Comparative study on lyre function in the first book of the Masnavi and Poetic Meditations of Lamartine
Abstract. Rumi, Sufi poet, because of acquaintance with musical instruments transmits the mysticism and Sufism concepts through the outland instruments like harp and lyre. Concepts such as: Divine origin of music, the priority of mortality on survival and contrast question. Impact of Christian teachings, Old Testament books and studies on Mythology is caused that Lamartine uses lyre for transferring divine concepts. But the contrast of Old and Omar (Religion and Spirituality) in the first book of Masnavi converts to the poet and ambitious king in poetic meditations of Lamartine. Also lyre metaphor in these masterpieces is different because of Cultural and temporal differences. For Lamartine lyre is ̎ the symbol of the heart but Rumi considers it as human body. In this paper, the lyre function is studied by using the theories analogies without contact and ̋ Rapprochemen ̋ within the domain of comparative literature.
Article Type:
Research Paper |
Subject:
Pathology of Schools and Approaches to Adaptive Literature Received: 2017/03/12 | Accepted: 2017/06/22 | Published: 2017/07/13