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Cognitive poetics as a literary theory for analyzing Khayyam’s poetry

Cognitive poetics as a literary theory for analyzing Khayyam’s poetry. L.S. Esfehani.
Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 32 (2012 ), pp. 314-320.

According to Freeman (1998), conceptual mapping in literary texts can operate at three levels including “attribute”, “relational” and “system” mapping. In this paper, the study of Khayyam’s poetry demonstrates that how system mapping of his text world could illustrate the unique aspects of his thoughts as well as showing the reason for his preferred patterns. Additionally, there are several controversies over the originality of some poems attributed to him. In conclusion, the function of different system mappings could differentiate the quatrains belong to different authors as well as offering a close systematic reading.

The Reflection of “The Rubaiyat of Omar Kheyam in “The Fruits of Earth” by Andre Gide

The Reflection of “The Rubaiyat of Omar Kheyam in “The Fruits of Earth” by Andre Gide. Hassan Emami, E. Mohammadi, M. Zarei.
Research in Contemporary World Literature / Pazhuhesh-e Zabanha-ye Khareji, (2012) 63.

This research, based on the fundamental theories of comparative literature, indicates that the treasure of Persain culture and literature has played a vital role in creating and inspiring several literary masterpieces of the world. Andre Gide –the eminent French writer–is one of those who under the influence of this rich heritage has created such a unique work as “The Fruits Of Earth”. He has created this famous work under the influence of Persian literature. By mentioning a line of Hafiz and a verse of Quran at the beginning of his book, Gide has indicated his special attention to oriental works. To some extent, his “The Fruits of the Earth” is related to oriental literature, especially Persian. Although he has mentioned the name of Khayyam just one time, the influence of Khayyam on his work is more than other Persian writers. This research shows the different ways and the extent of Gide’s familiarity with Khayyam and offers a comparison of common concepts in “Rubaiyyat” and “The Fruits of Earth”.

La thématique de la mort chez Khayyâm et Gautier

La thématique de la mort chez Khayyâm et Gautier. Akram Ayati.
Plume 7 (2012) 15, pp. 45–69.

Thinking of the death occupied, for a long time, the spirit of the human being and it changed constantly the image of his life. The death is registered in the depths of us, as an inseparable certainty of our destiny, however thinking the death is already thinking about life, because it is the perception of the death that forms the way of life. The theme of the death and its connotations impose in a privileged way, in Theophile Gautier’s poems, writer and poet French of the 19th century. The reading of these poems with a touch pessimistic revives Omar Khayyam’s quatrains in the minds which are familiar with Persian poetry.

FitzGerald or Fitz-Omar: Ideological Reconsideration of the English Translation of Khayyam’s Rubaiyat

FitzGerald or Fitz-Omar: Ideological Reconsideration of the English Translation of Khayyam’s Rubaiyat. Shilan Shafiei.
English Language and Literature Studies, 2 (2012) 1 (March), pp. 128-140.

The present study attempted to examine whether Edward Fitzgerald’s English translation of Khayyam’s Rubaiyat is effective in doing justice to the true philosophical/ideological image of Khayyam and his poems through investigating the extent of ideological manipulation applied by Fitzgerald in his translation, and through referring to the fundamental tenets of Post-colonialism. For this purpose, the content of all the quatrains in the first edition of the translation of Rubaiyat by Fitzgerald with their corresponding Persian equivalents, were analyzed.

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Persia’s Poet-Scientist

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Persia’s Poet-Scientist. Rasoul Sorkhabi.
The World and I (2012) 1 (January)

December 4, 2011 marked the 880th anniversary of the death of one of the best known Oriental poets in the world: Omar Khayyam. Immortalized by its translation into English verse by Edward FitzGerald, “The Rubâiyât of Omar Khayyam,” has created a huge following in the West. Initially overlooked, the subsequent successes of FitzGerald’s and other translations can be said to have introduced new aspects to our understanding of poetry.

The Magic Lantern of Omar Khayyám

The Magic Lantern of Omar Khayyám. Stephen R. Wilk.
Optics & Photonics News (2012), 1, pp. 16-17

Optical projection techniques are mentioned in several translations of a quatrain from the poem “The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.” What is the true meaning of Khayyám’s metaphor of reality as a shadow show?

Comparison on Main Translated Versions of The Rubaiyat

Comparison on Main Translated Versions of The Rubaiyat. Jian-wei Zhang.
Journal of Mianyang Normal University, [2012] 9.

Omar Khayyam’s The Rubaiyat has a lot of Chinese versions.Owing to the time of translation and the different views of translators,these versions present for readers different aspects.Guo Moruo’ version,Huang Gaoxin’ version are translated from Fitzgerald version.Zhang Hongnian’s version is literal translated from Persian.These three versions are representative in different versions of The Rubaiyat and there are obvious distinctions in terms of internal thoughts and external patterns among them.