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Volume 2, Issue 1 (3-2022)
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One of Hakim Sabzevari's arguments on the reasoner and reasonable union of "matter and form" is the argument, in which he considers the ontological principles of matter, form, and soul on the one hand, and on the other hand, he has put the view of Sadra's psychology as the basis for the completion of this argument. In order to distort all the arguments of Hakim Sabzevari, a published article accusing Hakim of "gross confusion" in recognizing the basic contents of philosophy. In this regard, in refuting the argument of matter and form, that article has turned to two major accusations. On the one hand, Hakim has been accused of using allegorical syllogism instead of argumentative syllogism, and on the other hand, it has condemned Hakim for the objection of confiscation. The analysis shows that this argument is based on total unity and that article has been distorted both in terms of reporting and in judgment, it has deviated to adopt illogical positions.
 

Volume 2, Issue 2 (10-2014)
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An important subject in the field of linguistics is the impact of one thought system on the community of lingual symbols. The relationship between mind and language conventions has long been of interest to linguists. The importance of this relationship becomes more prominent in comparative approaches where, through comparative study and analysis of the main schemas of the ideas of several thinkers or artists, the researcher traces the consistent and common use of linguistic symbols. In the hermeneutic analysis of the works of Mowlana Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Rumi, the interpretation of symbols, analogy and codes governing his mind and language is a major research interest. One of the most important branches among these researches concerns the kinship of Mowlana’s language codes with other thinkers and artists. On the other hand, Nietzsche, as a transcendental thinker, tries to use a symbolic language in explaining his thinking system. Due to his familiarity with the culture and literature of the East and the essential sameness of some of his principles with Mowlana’s transcendental approaches about the existence, morality, art , etc., Nietzsche achieves a set of symbols common with Rumi, which forms a shared language between the two thinkers.  
Zohreh Hashemi,
Volume 3, Issue 9 (5-2010)
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Allegory, is one of terms that despite extensive use and antiquity in the west rhetoric because of had some commonalities and differences whit other rhetorical ornaments, such as metaphor, symbol, emblem, irony and etc. literary critics and rhetorician in providing precise definition and determination of functions of allegory encountered to confusion hence credibility and significance of it in the difference periods according to the intellectual currents to become whit many ups and downs. The Romantic school was one of the processes that first time rhetoricians have tried to study features and functions of allegory compared whit symbol for distinct of borders these two terms and provide precise definitions and specific characteristics of each terms. In fact we owe modern mean of allegory those comments of some ones such as, Goethe, Schelling, August Wilhelm Schlegel and Coleridge. These rhetoricians did the first systematic efforts in clarifying and defining the meaning of the term allegory. On this basis, the essays aim of the writer has been presented a report of functions and features of allegory in the Romanticism school passer authority over critical comments in this regard, such as ; Goethe, Schelling, A. W. Schlegel and Coleridge.

Volume 3, Issue 9 (3-2006)
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Hamidi,S.J ,Ph.D.
Shamian, A.
 
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This essay studies Dream Allegory in Persian contemporary poetry. In this research, Dream allegory has been defined as one type of the vision literature and then comments on its antecedent usage in myths and literary works are explained. Dream allegory expressed spiritual progress in structure of vision journey in the past. But, in recent centuries, except that traditional theme, some new contents have been expressed in its form. Studying this form in Persian contemporary poetry maybe distinguishes quantity and quality of the new themes. The notable examples of dream allegory in contemporary poetry have been seen in Eshghi, Nima, Shahriar, Sepehri, and Shafyi Cadcani’s poets.
 
 

Volume 4, Issue 6 (10-2019)
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Allegorical stories indicate the originality and antiquity of the literature of each nation.One of these stories is the report of "the recommendation of father to the solidarity of children with the allegory of their bodily strength in breaking the connected woods”.The aim of this project is to show the verse and prose clues of this story in arabic and persian literature and after the retelling and comparison of each sources, the plot of the story is described and identified in each narratives with a structural view to find out to what extent the narratives were faithful to the first quotations of the story.
 The description and analyses are other similar and different aspects of these narratives have been also done in detail.
The most important result of this study which was conducted based on comparison- comparative method explained that the message of all narratives are similar and is "invitation to solidarity and the phrase invitation to silidarity and integration and the avoidance of division". However, the plot of the story is not the same in persian and arabic sources. Furthermore, the oldest source of this story in arabic literature is a book called "Vasaya Almolouk" and in persian literature "Rahatolsodor".
Fatemeh Farhoodi Pour,
Volume 4, Issue 15 (12-2011)
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The present study attempts to discuss some of the spiritual travelogue and classify them as a genre

Volume 4, Issue 15 (6-2007)
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Zolfaghari. H.,PH.D
                                                
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Allameh Dehkhoda believes that proverbs are one of  24 kinds of the literature. In addition to, proverbs are always the tools for manifestation of people's experiences and also are considered as their experimental wisdoms. When we study the history of different literary styles, kinds and also Persian speaking poets' Divan, it is clear that they have used proverbs as one of the important source.
Not only the poets have benefited from the great treasure of verbal literature, but also they have added its wealth. This interaction has not been considered quantitatively and qualitatively up to now. In this article, a definition of the proverb and also its importance and background are been presented. Then the usage way of proverb in poets' poetry and Persian poetical proverbs and its position through paroemia are been indicated. In addition to, the difference of paroemia with comprehensive word, allusion, methods of equation and allegory have been presented. This article indicates the reflection of proverbs with a view to quantitative and qualitative in poets' poetry of different centuries and analyzes the proverbs in poetry of the thirteen famous poets.  In this way, we understood practically and identically ways that the poets have used the proverb and also its reflection in their poetry.
 
 

Volume 6, Issue 4 (12-2018)
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Abstract “Kalila and Dimna” in Persian literature and “Aesop’s Fables” in ancient Greece are two examples of old works of the world’s literature and are classified as works falling within the domain of “animals allegorical fables”. In the present research, the application of satire as a genre of unserious speech which forms an artistic dimension of the two mentioned books is studied. For this purpose, allegorical narratives of the two books in terms of different techniques for creation of satire such as ethical-critical message, verbal satire, situation satire, specific meanings, characterization and … are studied, compared and clarified. The satire applied in “Aesop’s Fables” primarily focuses on demonstration of existing moral and social contradictions in society by profiting from metaphor and extension in verbal satire and situation satire which of course the brevity in length of fables and application of the brevity technique has helped eloquence and comical aspect of this type of satire. In “Kalilah and Dimnah” too, moral and social contradictions have been given attention to by satirical expression and its narratives’ satirical strength is originated from a variety of themes, characterizations as well as situation satire next to verbal satire, with this difference that in “Kalilah and Dimnah” with composition of Nasrollah Monshi, application of narrative-inside-narrative technique together with descriptions and metaphors and those groups of literally fineries which is characteristic to technical prose, made the narratives lengthy and decreased the effect of satire.

Volume 7, Issue 26 (3-2010)
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Taghi Pournamdarian, Ph.D.
Zahra Hayati
 
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Most of the researches which have studied the relation between cinema and literature have paid attention to the differences of literary fiction and drama in the scripts. One of the other grounds in which the ties between literature and cinema can be further on traced is "creation of pictures".  The eloquent concepts of "figurative elements" and "forms of imagination" includes mental literary images and often infers to the implied figurative signs of the observer, being all listed in the science of expression in the variety of fields such as allegory, simile, trope, metaphor, irony and symbol. This article surveys the potentials of "literary allegories" in general and the "poetic allegories" of Massnavi and Shams Sonnets in particular for recreation in cinema's expressive device. The transition of literary allegories to cinema is possible through these potentials: 1. including several visual and animated, dynamic elements. 2. Conformity of pictures and concepts relevant to montage and stage direction. 3. The plenitude of pictures with the same width in the poetry length. 4. Including pictures with a distribution potential in the feature movie text due to the mystical content of completion. 5. Considering narrative texture and dramatic structure.
 
 

Volume 12, Issue 47 (6-2015)
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Qodrat Qasemipour. PH.D
Arash Azarpanah
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This article revolves round the features and types of contemporary short allegorical tales. In the contemporary literary tales, each of the authors have made use of techniques of contemporary story telling while also benefitting from ancient narration approaches and techniques such as figurative speech. The contemporary authors, based on their aesthetical goals, and at times for the purpose of concealing their critical concepts, have resorted to figurative speech. Meanwhile, there are structural and theme-related differences between the ancient and contemporary allegorical tales. In ancient allegorical tales, the author or the poet usually presents an interpretation of the allegory at the end of the allegorical tale. However, the contemporary story writers leave attainment of an understanding of the allegorical tales to readers. The contemporary authors precisely study and narrate the initial layer of the story, which is usually not the case in ancient allegorical tales. The ancient narrative authors and poets made use of the allegory to teach and reinforce their thoughts and ideas, while the contemporary authors make use of allegories in order to present social, political, and philosophical criticisms. The contemporary short allegorical talks, based on their narration structure and literary type, are divided into realistic short figurative tales, figurative tales based on magical realism, fables, figurative tales, and satirical figurative tales. The majority of themes of theses contemporary short allegorical tales revolve round social and political topics, which have been narrated based on a critical and at times bitter outlooks.
 

Volume 17, Issue 68 (10-2020)
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Allegory in a partisan approach is a literary industry that rhetoric scholars study under the science of expression and similes, but the allegory, based on the holistic view of discursive approaches to language, is the instrument of discourse that Sufis have always sought through Sufi history. They bring to the spiritual and spiritual elements of their mystical experiences a tangible and intangible body and bring the general and unfamiliar audience into the comprehensible domain of experiences of which they or other Sufis themselves are. If we focus on the capacities of the mystical allegory as a discursive articulation, we will see that each allegory, by placing linguistic signs in a particular relation, creates meaning and rejects potential meanings. From this perspective, allegory is a discourse tool that reproduces the author's intended discourse and disrupts competing semantic systems. Based on such an approach, with the help of methodologies and methodological tools of Laclau's and Moff's discourse theory, this study examines the allegory of "master and servant" as one of the most prolific allegations in explaining the various aspects of the relationship between man and God in mystical works from the third to the seventh centuries. . The findings of the study show that Sufi has used this recurring allegory to reproduce four different discourses of "fear and obedience" "Reza and eradat" "expansion and affection" and "freedom and unity" that each seek to define a legal, moral, The love and the epistemology between God and man have arisen.
Fatemeh Farhoodi Pour,
Volume 18, Issue 69 (5-2025)
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The current article attempts to describe, examine, and analyze the representation of women in the allegory of dream from a mythological perspective, focusing on its evolution from antiquity to the contemporary era. Using comparative analysis, the article explores examples of allegory of dream across different cultures and historical periods. Based on the research corpus, it was found that women in allegories of dream often appear in the form of figures such as the guide-saint, mother, journey goal, villain, and, in rare cases, the female seeker. Historically, there has been an evolution in the portrayal of women in allegory of dream, and in the contemporary era, there is a greater diversity in their roles. The path of the heroine’s journey differs from that of the hero’s journey, and Maureen Murdock’s spiral pattern appears more suitable than Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey for describing the woman’s journey—a pattern emphasizing the significance of women’s self-awareness and alignment with their inner consciousness. The analysis of allegories of dream reveals the transformation of women’s roles throughout history and the influence of various cultural and social factors on this transformation. While myths emphasized traditional roles, the contemporary era has seen a broadening and diversification in this area.
Introduction
This article explores the roles and positions of women in the narratives of the literary genre Allegory of Dream. By posing the question, “What is the contribution of women in these mystagogical journeys?” the author seeks to uncover the diverse roles women play in such narratives, from ancient myths to contemporary works.
By referring to the origins of the Hero’s Journey in the rites of passage and its transmission to the collective unconscious through archetypes and narratives, particularly journeys after death, the article introduces the Le roman initiatiqe and its subgenre, the Allegory of Dream. In this literary genre, the hero, by entering a dreamlike world and overcoming obstacles with the aid of guidance, attains a truth and, upon returning, recounts their journey. The article then emphasizes the central role of the hero in these narratives and raises its main question regarding the contribution of women in these mystagogical journeys.
The problem statement indicates that the heroes of mystagogical narratives are generally male, but it also refers to the Women’s Heroic Journey and the instruction of feminine mysteries. The author points to the scarcity of explicit documents regarding the instruction of feminine religious secrets and the potential reluctance of women to express their spiritual experiences due to severe consequences. Nevertheless, the presence of women in Allegory of Dream narratives has not been overlooked, and their depiction fluctuates across a spectrum from the maternal goddess and guide to transfigured and seductive beings. The article notes the limited number of women’s heroic journeys (such as Ishtar and the Christian Wife) in Allegory of Dream narratives and proposes the research hypothesis.
The research hypothesis initially posited that the pattern of the heroic journey in these narratives aligns with Joseph Campbell’s model, and the dominance of a long-standing patriarchal perspective prevented women from embarking on such heroic journeys. However, the presence of figures such as Sophia, guiding goddesses (the Lady of Wine, Circe, the Lady of the Boat, Daena, Hazrat Fatima (PBUH), Beatrice), and women who are the object of male heroes’ journeys (Eurydice) challenges this hypothesis. Furthermore, the significant presence of women portrayed as infernal or antagonistic figures is also noteworthy. The article concludes that women in these narratives possess multifaceted personas and play different roles, raising the question of whether the form of the women’s heroic journey is different.

Methodology
The research methodology employs library research. The author, by examining scholarly literature, has identified and reviewed numerous Allegory of Dream narratives and categorized the depiction of women across different historical periods. Initially, Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey theory serves as the theoretical foundation, but the perspectives of Maureen Murdock on the woman’s hero journey were also incorporated.
The research background introduces some previous articles and studies in the field of the structure, origin, and functions of the Allegory of Dream literary genre, positioning this article as a subsequent step in examining the depiction of women in this literary form.
The definitions section outlines Allegory of Dream as a traditional form of storytelling, particularly popular in the Middle Ages, in which the hero falls asleep in a dreamlike setting and encounters anthropomorphic characters or abstract concepts. The presence of a “guide” is introduced as a constant element in these works. The article also notes the decline in the popularity of this literary genre after the Middle Ages and the emergence of its modern examples. While “The Romance of the Rose” is usually considered the origin of this literary form, the author, by referring to numerous accounts of spiritual journeys in various civilizations, considers its origin to be older and links it to the mechanism of the human mind and its perception of the afterlife. Subsequently, the constant elements and conventions in narratives of dream journeys after death are enumerated, and using a structuralist approach and Propp’s model, the relatively fixed structure of this type of narration is described. Finally, Joseph Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey” model, along with its stages, is depicted, and its influence on subsequent narrations, especially in cinema, is mentioned. The author, noting the linear path of Campbell’s hero’s journey, considers its goal to be the hero’s attainment of individuality and maturity and their return to guide others. Additionally, the types of heroes in allegory of dream, from the mystery seekers of primitive tribes to prophets and mystics, are mentioned, and the four initial states of allegory of dream narratives are delineated. The reasons for the hero’s journey to the otherworld are also listed, and the role of dreamlike states and the uncanny atmosphere in these narratives is emphasized. At the end of this section, by examining statistical examples, the dominance of male heroes (except for Ishtar and the Christian Wife) is noted, and it is stated that women appear in these narratives in other forms.

Results and Discussion
The depiction of women in Allegory of Dream examines the different roles of women in these narratives:
1. The Guide: The feminine element (Anima in Jungian psychology) as a mediator between the self and the unconscious serves as a guide for male protagonists. Examples of female guides in myths (e.g. the Lady of Wine, Circe, the Lady of the Boat), Zoroastrian narratives (Daena), religious texts (Hazrat Fatima (PBUH) in Risalat al-Ghufran), and contemporary Persian literature (Khosrow Dokht in The Black Shroud, the Lady of Qal’e-ye Soqrim in Nima Yushij’s poetry) are analyzed. Beatrice’s luminous figure in Dante’s Divine Comedy is described in detail as a comprehensive example of a guide on a spiritual journey.
2. The Mother: The maternal aspect of the feminine element in Allegory of Dream is examined. The image of the “Earth” as a wet nurse in Persian mystical allegories is cited as an example, although it lacks a glorious persona. Beatrice’s stern behavior in the Divine Comedy is also considered to stem from maternal compassion.
3. Beloved Women as the Object of the Lover’s Journey: The hero’s attempt to bring the dead beloved back to the world of the living is examined as one of the goals of the journey to the afterlife. The myth of Orpheus’s journey to bring back Eurydice is described as a classic example, and the recurrence of this theme in contemporary narratives (the film What Dreams May Come and the animation Hercules) is mentioned.
4. The Dark Aspect of Women’s Depiction: The negative figures of women in allegory of dreams, from the dark queen Ereshkigal and Ishtar in myths to the foul-smelling Daena in Zoroastrian narratives and sinful women in religious allegories (the hell of the Arda Viraf Nameh and Dante’s Inferno with the presence of Eve, Zuleikha, Semiramis, and witches) are examined. In the narratives of the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) ascension (Mi’raj), numerous depictions of women’s torment in hell are also portrayed. These images in religious allegories are presented with the aim of admonishing and informing the audience of the consequences of their actions in the afterlife. Women in these narratives are often introduced as types and rarely have specific human names.
5. Women as Seekers: Among the two poles of saintly and villainous female figures, two examples of women who are called to the hero’s journey, Ishtar and the Christian Wife in The Pilgrim’s Progress, are examined. Ishtar’s journey to the underworld and her return in exchange for her beloved Dumuzi is analyzed as a woman’s heroic journey with different characteristics from the male journey. Referring to Maureen Murdock’s perspective, the author describes the female journey as spiral and more internal than the linear path of Campbell’s male journey. The journey of the Christian Wife is also examined as an adventurous passage but with more support from male guides and relative ease compared to her husband’s journey in the first part of the story.

Conclusion
The article concludes that the depiction of women in Allegory of Dream can be categorized into five groups: guide-saint, mother, object of the journey, villain, and female seeker, with the guide-saint figure generally prevailing. Although villainous women are the dark aspect of female guides and saints, the prominent presence of female guides, especially a figure like Beatrice, overshadows the depiction of infernal women. However, in Islamic narratives after Risalat al-Ghufran, the role of the female guide diminishes, and the figure of the spiritual old man replaces her, indicating a decline in the status of women. In the contemporary era, the figure of the female guide reappears in literature. The small number of female seekers suggests that the women’s heroic journey is different from the male journey; its goal is not to achieve individuality and guide others, but rather a return to the self, reconciliation with the inner being, and respect for nature and the female path. The female hero reaches a fulfilling resolution when she can accept her inner contradictions and attain deep awareness and peace.
 


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