“Supplications in Mathnawī: A Narratological and Rhetorical Interpretation”

This study suggests that a narratological perspective on supplications in Mawlānā Rūmī’s Mathnawī reveals not only several artistic characteristics of the prayers, but also the poet’s views on certain aspects of the dialogue between mankind and the Divine Creator. Most of the supplications in Mathna...

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Main Author: Hamidreza Tavakkoli
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Published: Semnan University 2019-06-01
Series:مطالعات زبانی و بلاغی
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Online Access:https://rhetorical.semnan.ac.ir/article_3898_53634f979a53d0696811bac972a43bf1.pdf
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description This study suggests that a narratological perspective on supplications in Mawlānā Rūmī’s Mathnawī reveals not only several artistic characteristics of the prayers, but also the poet’s views on certain aspects of the dialogue between mankind and the Divine Creator. Most of the supplications in Mathnawī appear unexpectedly. Most of the time, we are left wondering if the supplications are uttered by the narrator or by a character in the story; even sometimes they lie outside the storyline. For the most part, the supplications appear at turning points in the plot and exemplify some of the most private experiences of the story’s characters. They oscillate between cliffhangers in the storyline and the pseudo-binary of anthropomorphism and transcendence. Occasionally, they ensnare the narrator and the protagonist in the agonizing dilemma of deciding whether to pray or not.
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spelling doaj-art-e860d2a519134ba8b961f02b3c86453e2025-08-20T02:41:14ZfasSemnan Universityمطالعات زبانی و بلاغی2008-95702717-090X2019-06-01101912716010.22075/jlrs.2019.17044.14143898“Supplications in Mathnawī: A Narratological and Rhetorical Interpretation”Hamidreza Tavakkoli0Assistant Professor of Semnan UniversityThis study suggests that a narratological perspective on supplications in Mawlānā Rūmī’s Mathnawī reveals not only several artistic characteristics of the prayers, but also the poet’s views on certain aspects of the dialogue between mankind and the Divine Creator. Most of the supplications in Mathnawī appear unexpectedly. Most of the time, we are left wondering if the supplications are uttered by the narrator or by a character in the story; even sometimes they lie outside the storyline. For the most part, the supplications appear at turning points in the plot and exemplify some of the most private experiences of the story’s characters. They oscillate between cliffhangers in the storyline and the pseudo-binary of anthropomorphism and transcendence. Occasionally, they ensnare the narrator and the protagonist in the agonizing dilemma of deciding whether to pray or not.https://rhetorical.semnan.ac.ir/article_3898_53634f979a53d0696811bac972a43bf1.pdfmawlānā rumi’s mathnawirhetorical contextnarrative structuresupplicationanthropomorphism and transcendence
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“Supplications in Mathnawī: A Narratological and Rhetorical Interpretation”
مطالعات زبانی و بلاغی
mawlānā rumi’s mathnawi
rhetorical context
narrative structure
supplication
anthropomorphism and transcendence
title “Supplications in Mathnawī: A Narratological and Rhetorical Interpretation”
title_full “Supplications in Mathnawī: A Narratological and Rhetorical Interpretation”
title_fullStr “Supplications in Mathnawī: A Narratological and Rhetorical Interpretation”
title_full_unstemmed “Supplications in Mathnawī: A Narratological and Rhetorical Interpretation”
title_short “Supplications in Mathnawī: A Narratological and Rhetorical Interpretation”
title_sort supplications in mathnawi a narratological and rhetorical interpretation
topic mawlānā rumi’s mathnawi
rhetorical context
narrative structure
supplication
anthropomorphism and transcendence
url https://rhetorical.semnan.ac.ir/article_3898_53634f979a53d0696811bac972a43bf1.pdf
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