Forms, Structures and the function of Allegory in the mystic interpretation of Meybodi

جستارهای نوین ادبی

Article 2, Volume 42, Issue 1 - Serial Number 164, December 2009, Pages 17-42   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/jls.v42i1.4165

Authors

Abbasqoli Mohammadi; Mohammad Taghavi

Abstract

Understanding allegories, helps us to give a clear and accepted interpretation of complex and complicated thoughts, and this is said to be a cultural need. The purpose of this research is to find and recognize the allegories used by Meibodi in his mystic interpretation of Kashf-ol-Asraar. The results of the study show that different kinds of allegories are used in this interpretation; and this has helped to give a clear and an exact interpretation.

Key Words: Allegory, method of equation, decoded allegory, language functions, narrative allegory, language of interpretation, religious language, Meybodi’s interpretation.