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The Poetics of Commitment in Modern Persian: a Case of Three Revolutionary Poets in Iran
The Poetics of Commitment in Modern Persian: A Case of Three Revolutionary Poets in Iran by Samad Josef Alavi A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Near Eastern Studies in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley Committee in Charge: Professor Shahwali Ahmadi, Chair Professor Muhammad Siddiq Professor Robert Kaufman Fall 2013 Abstract The Poetics of Commitment in Modern Persian: A Case of Three Revolutionary Poets in Iran by Samad Josef Alavi Doctor of Philosophy in Near Eastern Studies University of California, Berkeley Professor Shahwali Ahmadi, Chair Modern Persian literary histories generally characterize the decades leading up to the Iranian Revolution of 1979 as a single episode of accumulating political anxieties in Persian poetics, as in other areas of cultural production. According to the dominant literary-historical narrative, calls for “committed poetry” (she‘r-e mota‘ahhed) grew louder over the course of the radical 1970s, crescendoed with the monarch’s ouster, and then faded shortly thereafter as the consolidation of the Islamic Republic shattered any hopes among the once-influential Iranian Left for a secular, socio-economically equitable political order. Such a narrative has proven useful for locating general trends in poetic discourses of the last five decades, but it does not account for the complex and often divergent ways in which poets and critics have reconciled their political and aesthetic commitments. This dissertation begins with the historical assumption that in Iran a question of how poetry must serve society and vice versa did in fact acquire a heightened sense of urgency sometime during the ideologically-charged years surrounding the revolution. -
Fictional Uncertainty in Modern Persian Literature: Polyphony, Becoming, and Ambiguity in Shahriar Mandanipour's Work
Fictional Uncertainty in Modern Persian Literature: Polyphony, Becoming, and Ambiguity in Shahriar Mandanipour's Work Item Type text; Electronic Dissertation Authors Sarvestani, Mehrak Kamali Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 28/09/2021 02:11:49 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/596122 FICTIONAL UNCERTAINTY IN MODERN PERSIAN LITERATURE: POLYPHONY, BECOMING, AND AMBIGUITY IN SHAHRIAR MANDANIPOUR’S WORK by Mehrak Kamali Sarvestani __________________________ Copyright © Mehrak Kamali Sarvestani 2016 A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the SCHOOL OF MIDDLE EASTERN AND NORTH AFRICAN STUDIES In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2016 Kamali 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GRADUATE COLLEGE As members of the Dissertation Committee, we certify that we have read the dissertation prepared by Mehrak Kamali Sarvestani, titled Fictional Uncertainty in Modern Persian Literature: Polyphony, Becoming, and Ambiguity in Shahriar Mandanipour’s Work and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. ______________________________________________________________Date: 05/07/2015 Kamran Talattof ______________________________________________________________Date: 05/07/2015 Ann H. Betteridge ______________________________________________________________Date: 05/07/2015 Leila Hudson ______________________________________________________________Date: 05/07/2015 Yaseen Noorani ______________________________________________________________Date: Final approval and acceptance of this dissertation is contingent upon the candidate’s submission of the final copies of the dissertation to the Graduate College. -
Pre-Modern Comparative Literary Practice in the Multilingual Islamic World(S)
Conference Program Pre-modern comparative literary practice in the multilingual Islamic world(s) The virtual conference is co-organized by Huda Fakhreddine (University of Pennsylvania), David Larsen (New York University), and Hany Rashwan (University of Birmingham), with special thanks to Rawad Wehbe (University of Pennsylvania). The conference is hosted by the Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation Research Centre (OCCT), University of Oxford, 22-23-24 July 2021. Mughal emperor Akbar holding a religious assembly at the Ibādat Khāna 1 Virtual Conference via Zoom Registration Guidelines: For the convenience and security of our participants and attendees we will be hosting the conference panels using passcode protected Zoom meetings. We kindly ask you all to register for each individual session prior to the respective dates. Thank you! Day 1 (Thursday 22 July) Registration Day 2 (Friday 23 July) Registration Day 3 (Saturday 24 July) Registration TIME KEY: 07:00 Pacific US = 10:00 Eastern US = 15:00 British Summer Time = 19:30 New Delhi Thursday 22 July Zoom Session Link Passcode: 610400 10:00-10:10 Welcoming remarks by Matthew Reynolds 15:00-15:10 Introducing conference organizers Introducing keynote speaker 10:10-10:40 Keynote address by Fatemeh Keshavarz 15:10-15:40 10:40-12:00 SESSION 1 (3 speakers @ 20 min + 20 min Q&A) 15:40-17:00 Chair: David Larsen 12:00-12:20 20-minute recess 17:00-17:20 12:20-14:00 SESSION 2 (4 speakers @ 20 min + 20 min Q&A) 17:20-19:00 Chair: Christopher Livanos (session 5) Friday 23 July Zoom Session Link -
Samad Alavi the Poetics of Commitment in Modern
UC Berkeley UC Berkeley Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title The Poetics of Commitment in Modern Persian: A Case of Three Revolutionary Poets in Iran Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9vn474vw Author Alavi, Samad Josef Publication Date 2013 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California The Poetics of Commitment in Modern Persian: A Case of Three Revolutionary Poets in Iran by Samad Josef Alavi A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Near Eastern Studies in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley Committee in Charge: Professor Shahwali Ahmadi, Chair Professor Muhammad Siddiq Professor Robert Kaufman Fall 2013 Abstract The Poetics of Commitment in Modern Persian: A Case of Three Revolutionary Poets in Iran by Samad Josef Alavi Doctor of Philosophy in Near Eastern Studies University of California, Berkeley Professor Shahwali Ahmadi, Chair Modern Persian literary histories generally characterize the decades leading up to the Iranian Revolution of 1979 as a single episode of accumulating political anxieties in Persian poetics, as in other areas of cultural production. According to the dominant literary-historical narrative, calls for “committed poetry” (she‘r-e mota‘ahhed) grew louder over the course of the radical 1970s, crescendoed with the monarch’s ouster, and then faded shortly thereafter as the consolidation of the Islamic Republic shattered any hopes among the once-influential Iranian Left for a secular, socio-economically equitable political order. Such a narrative has proven useful for locating general trends in poetic discourses of the last five decades, but it does not account for the complex and often divergent ways in which poets and critics have reconciled their political and aesthetic commitments. -
Poetics of the Sufi Carnival: the 'Rogue Lyrics'
Washington University in St. Louis Washington University Open Scholarship Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations Arts & Sciences Summer 8-15-2016 Poetics of the Sufi aC rnival: The ‘Rogue Lyrics’ (Qalandariyât) of Sanâ’i, ‘Attâr, and ‘Erâqi Matthew Thomas Miller Washington University in St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/art_sci_etds Recommended Citation Miller, Matthew Thomas, "Poetics of the Sufi aC rnival: The ‘Rogue Lyrics’ (Qalandariyât) of Sanâ’i, ‘Attâr, and ‘Erâqi" (2016). Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 871. https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/art_sci_etds/871 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Arts & Sciences at Washington University Open Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Washington University Open Scholarship. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Program in Comparative Literature Dissertation Examination Committee: Fatemeh Keshavarz, Chair Lynne Tatlock, Co-Chair Mark D. Jordan Ahmet T. Karamustafa Paul Losensky Jessica Rosenfeld Poetics of the Sufi Carnival: The ‘Rogue Lyrics’ (Qalandariyât) of Sanâ’i, ‘Attâr, and ‘Erâqi by Matthew Thomas Miller A dissertation presented to the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences of Washington University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy August 2016 St. Louis, Missouri © 2016, -
Familiar and Foreign: Identity in Iranian Film and Literature
FAMILIAR AND FOREIGN FAMILIAR AND FOREIGN IDENTITY IN IRANIAN FILM AND LITERATURE Edited by Manijeh Mannani and Veronica Thompson Copyright © 2015 Manijeh Mannani and Veronica Thompson Published by AU Press, Athabasca University 1200, 10011 – 109 Street, Edmonton, AB T5J 3S8 ISBN 978-1-927356-86-9 (print) 978-1-927356-87-6 (PDF) 978-1-927356-88-3 (epub) doi: 10.15215/aupress/9781927356869.01 Cover design by Marvin Harder, marvinharder.com. Interior design by Sergiy Kozakov. Printed and bound in Canada by Friesens. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Familiar and foreign : identity in Iranian film and literature / edited by Manijeh Mannani and Veronica Thompson. Includes bibliographical references. Issued in print and electronic formats. 1. Persian literature—History and criticism. 2. Motion pictures—Iran—History. 3. National characteristics, Iranian, in literature. 4. National characteristics, Iranian, in motion pictures. 5. Persian literature—Western influences. 6. Motion pictures—Iran—Western influences. I. Thompson, Veronica, 1963-, editor II. Mannani, Manijeh, 1964-, editor PK6412 I34 F34 2015 891'.5509 C2015-904428-6 C2015-904429-4 We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CFB) for our publishing activities. Assistance provided by the Government of Alberta, Alberta Multimedia Development Fund. This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Noncommercial– NoDerivative Works 4.0 International: see www.creativecommons.org. The text may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes, provided that credit is given to the original author. To obtain permission for uses beyond those outlined in the Creative Commons license, please contact AU Press, Athabasca University, at [email protected]. -
Fatemeh Keshavarz Director, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies Roshan Institute Chair in Persian Studies University of Maryland
2016 American Lectures in the History of Religions (ALHR) Presents Fatemeh Keshavarz Director, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies Roshan Institute Chair in Persian Studies University of Maryland Unsilencing the Sacred: Poetic Conversations with the Divine Speaking Truth to Power: Candid Conversations with the Divine Monday, October 24, 4:00 PM University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Center for International Studies (Great Hall) Echoes in the Cosmic Chamber: Love’s Voice in the Poems of Hafez Tuesday, October 25, 4:00 PM University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Center for International Studies (Auditorium) Strolling in the Garden of Desire: Sadi's (Homo)erotic conversations Wednesday, October 26, 3:30 PM Northwestern University, Harris Hall 108 “Do the Stars in Heaven Speak?” Rumi, a Poet for the 21st Century Thursday, October 27, 7:15 PM Elmhurst College, Frick Center Hubbub in the Wine House: The Mutinous Voice in ‘Attar and ‘Eraqi Friday, October 28th, 4:30pm University of Chicago, Saieh Hall 146 Unsilencing the Sacred: Poetic Conversations with the Divine Sunday, November 20, 3:00pm Convention Center-Stars at Night 4 (3rd Level), San Antonio, TX Sponsored by the American Academy of Religion, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at Notre Dame, Northwestern University, Elmhurst College, and University of Chicago All lectures are open to the public, but you must be registered to attend the San Antonio lecture. Information on registration is available here. About the ALHR The American Lectures in the History of Religions (ALHR) was founded in 1891 to encourage path- breaking scholarship through a lecture and book series. ALHR flourished under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies and Columbia University from 1936 to 1994, at which point the American Academy of Religion assumed administrative responsibility for the series.