Innovative symbols and pseudo-symbols in Attar's Elahi nameh

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant Professor, Farhangian University, Tehran,

2 Department of persian literature Alzahra university member faculty

Abstract

A symbol is a very broad concept that has been given many definitions in different books And in a general view, the meaning of any sign, gesture, word, combination and phrase implies a meaning and concept beyond what it appears . In the category of symbols, one of the types of symbols mentioned is the innovative symbols that are called by other titles such as; Random, exclusive, personal and special symbols are mentioned in different books; Symbols created by the poet's own mind and no one has used that concept in that symbolic sense before him. Therefore, each of the symbolic poets have innovative symbols in their symbolic images that no one has used before. Attar is one of the poets who succeeded in compiling a coherent symbolic system in his poems and achieved a unique style among mystic poets. He ha by using the descriptive-analytical method and using written and electronic sources and documents. And through this passage, we will get the methods of Attar's symbolization, and the spread or not of these symbols after Attar will be revealed to us. The results of the research show that , some of Attar's innovative symbols have not been used by any poet except Attar, but some other symbols have been used in the poetry of poets after Attar. . Innovative symbols of Attar in three forms; Allegorical additions, metaphors and allegorical stories have been expressed, and most of the extracted cases are in the form of allegorical additions.

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