Literary perspective is not a literary theory

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zarei M. Literary perspective is not a literary theory. LCQ 2025; 17 (68)
URL: http://lcq.modares.ac.ir/article-29-77323-en.html

Literary perspective is not a literary theory

Mehrdad Zarei ^*

University of Kharazmi , mehrdadzarei990@yahoo.com

Abstract: (85 Views)

Literary theory is a systematic study of the essence of literature and a way to analyze the literary phenomenon. Although the literary theory has been widely used in Persian literature research in recent years, it seems that its semantic and empirical realm has not been well established; because in some research conducted in the field of Persian literature, individuals’ literary opinions have been mistakenly read as literary theory. In the following article, to show the difference between literary theory and literary perspective, five specific characteristics of literary theory have been explained and described; which includes these items: "Arising from a philosophical mindset", "Systematic and coherent", "The result of reflection on the text", "Providing a new perspective" and "Using in criticism". In the following, the extreme point of view that believes in the similarity between some opinions in Persian classical texts and Western theories on the existence and even the precedence of theories in its past has been criticized. And it is clear that basically the discovery of these views in past scientific and literary texts was due to familiarity with western ideas. In the end, the obtained result shows that because of the inefficiency of the literary opinions collected by the researchers from the characteristics of the theory, the term "literary theory" is not correct and accurate for their opinions and literary opinions. It is better to use the term "literary perspective" to make the field of knowledge of Persian literature more precise about such opinions and theories.

Keywords: literary theory, literary perspective, characteristics of literary theory, theory and criticism, theory and philosophy

Article Type: Original Research | Subject: Literary theory
Received: 2024/10/3 | Accepted: 2025/02/1 | Published: 2025/02/28

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