Literary Text Research

Literary Text Research

A Comparison between similar stories in Mowlavi s Mathnavi and those of Attar s

Document Type : Research Paper

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Recognition of the original sources of stories and allegories , with which poets describe their own thoughts. The purpose of this paper is to investigate into the sources of Mathnavi stories and the works of Attar. To do this , attempts have been made to irnploy statistical method, supported by examples, which also indicate the influence of Attar on Mowlavi.