1st Edition
Persian Language, Literature and Culture New Leaves, Fresh Looks
Introduction Kamran Talattof: "Leading Literary: On Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak’s Scholarship and Service and about This Collection" Part 1: Poetry and Poetics: 1. Franklin Lewis: "Solṭân Valad and the Poetical Order: Framing the Ethos and Praxis of Poetry in the Mevlevi Tradition after Rumi" 2. Marta Simidchieva: "Three Songs for Iran: Gender and Social Commitment in the Poetry of Parvin, Forugh, and Simin" 3. Sahar Allamezade: "Killed by Love: ‘Eshqi Revised; An Iranian Poet’s Quest for Modernization" 4. Peyman Vahabzadeh: " Rebellious Action and "Guerrilla Poetry": Dialectics of Art and Life in 1970s Iran" Part 2: Fiction and Prose: 5. Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami: "Explaining Tragedy: The Voice of Ironic Nondiscursivity in Bahram Sadeqi and Mohammad Asef Soltanzadeh" 6. Razi Ahmad: "A Postcolonial Reading of Simin Daneshvar’s Novels: The Spiritual and the Material Domains in Savushun, Jazira-ye Sargardani, and Sarban Sargardan" 7. Fatemeh Shams: "Literature, Art, and Ideology under the Islamic Republic: An Extended History of the Center for Islamic Art and Thoughts" Part 3: Language, Culture, and the Problematics of Translation 8. Ehsan Yarshater: "Ventures and Adventures of the Persian Language" 9. Kamran Talattof: "Social Causes and Cultural Consequences of Replacing Persian with Farsi: What's in a name?" 10. Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi: "Ahmad Kasravi’s Critiques of Europism and Orientalism" 11. Arang Keshavarzian: "Mutual Comprehension and Hybrid Identities in the Bazaar: Reflections on Interviews and Interlocutors in Tehran" 12. Liora Hendelman-Baavur: "The Odyssey of Jalal Al-e Ahmad’s Gharbzadegi—Five Decades After" 13. Shadi Mazhari: "Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and the Overarching Problematic of Totalitarianism and Democracy in Postrevolutionary Iran" 14. Sima Daad: "Accented Texts: The Case of Chahār Maqāle and Mohammad Qazvini" 15. Abbas Jamshidi "Liza
Biography
Kamran Talattof is Professor of Iranian studies at the University of Arizona and the author of Modernity, Sexuality, and Ideology in Iran: The Life and Legacy of a Popular Female Artist, which was among Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles, 2011 and co-recipient of the L. Yarshater Book Award, 2012.
