The meaning of alien in the scale of artificial intelligence (Analysis of Saeb by intelligent bots ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok3 and DeepSick)

perInstitute of Humanities and Social Studiesپژوهش زبان و ادبیات فارسی1735-10302821-03952026-092480articleThe meaning of alien in the scale of artificial intelligence (Analysis of Saeb by intelligent bots ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok3 and DeepSick)mostafa mirdar rezaeimostafamirdar@yahoo.com1The confrontation with the Indian style began earnestly during the Revival Movement and continued thereafter. One of the reasons for this opposition was the inability of poets to compose poetry in the new manner and the failure of researchers to analyze the unfamiliar meanings, subtle themes, and far-fetched imagery. Artificial intelligence, which has rapidly advanced across various fields of knowledge and technology, sometimes demonstrating capabilities beyond human ability—can it analyze the literary and conceptual aspects of Indian-style poetry, which some researchers have deemed nonsensical and meaningless? This essay, using a descriptive-experimental approach, attempts to examine a verse by Sa'ib Tabrizi, which has been presented in sources as an example of weak, trivial, and meaningless poetry, through four intelligent chatbots: ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok 3, and Deepseek. The goal is to measure the capability of artificial intelligence in analyzing Indian-style poetry and its literary dimensions. The results of this study show that all four chatbots were able to understand and analyze Sa'ib's poetry, unraveling the intricate network of connections and relationships between the components of the verse. This means that, on the scale of artificial intelligence, Indian-style poetry is not merely meaningless fantasies, unnecessary subtleties, or weak and trivial compositions. Instead, it reveals the vast scale of the poets' refined imagination and new dimensions of their poetry.http://literature.ihss.ac.ir/Article/50405Indian style unfamiliar meaning artificial intelligence ChatGPT Gemini Grok 3 Deepseek.perInstitute of Humanities and Social Studiesپژوهش زبان و ادبیات فارسی1735-10302821-03952026-092480articleClassification and Analysis of the motif of Obstacles to the Reunion of Lovers in PersianSeyyede. Azam Hosseinisa.Hosseini@cfu.ac.ir1Persian love poems, as a lyrical subgenre, have their own specific motifs. These motifs form the narrative structure of the poems and are only seen in texts of this type. Analyzing these texts based on their motifs is a way to better and more accurately understand them. One of these motifs is “obstacles to lovers’ reunion.” In this article, the author intends to explain how the motif of obstacles to lovers’ reunion has been classified and developed, and what influence it has received from the myth, literature, and culture of different societies. For this purpose, he has extracted data from several love poems and analyzed and described them. The method of work in this article is to describe and analyze the content of the text and has also tried to benefit from the achievements of structuralist theories. The results show that the motif of obstacles to union is seen in all poetic systems and has smaller types and subtypes. Its evolution shows that most of the subtypes of this motif began in mythology and this evolution continued until later periods. This motif has been influenced by various societies and cultures, in accordance with the lineage of the lovers.http://literature.ihss.ac.ir/Article/50591Romantic poem motif obstacle to unionperInstitute of Humanities and Social Studiesپژوهش زبان و ادبیات فارسی1735-10302821-03952026-092480articleReflection of Historical Metatext in Contemporary Alawi Perspectives (Case Study of Poets' Work Collections in the Astana of the Prophet's (Amir al-Mu'minin))fatemeh mahjoobfmahjob4341@gmail.com1sepideh Yeganehs.yegane@alzahra.ac.ir2hedyeh taghavih.taghavi@alzahra.ac.ir3Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, IranDepartment of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, IranDepartment of History, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, IranMetatext refers to all elements outside a text that influence its formation.Historical metatexts derive from the corpus of history and encompass historical events that shape literary creation.Alavid manāqib (panegyrics) are a subgenre of devotional poetry, and one of their stylistic features is the frequent use of Islamic historical events through allusion, adaptation, and other literary techniques.This study examines the use of historical metatexts in contemporary Alavid manāqib through the lens of the poetry anthology The Poets' Work Collections in the Astana of the Prophet's (Amir al-Mu'minin)). The central research question is:To what extent do contemporary poets utilize historical events in composing Alavid manāqib. An analysis of the poems reveals that most contemporary poets employ historical metatexts in their compositions.These references align with authentic historical sources, with the most frequent being the martyrdom of Imam ʿAlī , followed—with a noticeable statistical gap—by events such as his battles, his marriage to Fāṭima and the event of Ghadīr Khumm.The least referenced are his birth in the Kaʿba and his upbringing by the Prophet Muḥammad.Key findings include the dominance of general historical narratives over detailed depictions,repetition of known themes, lack of innovation, and insufficient exploration of lesser-known historical dimensions. The overwhelming focus on the martyrdom of ʿAlli and the relative neglect of his conduct and character suggest a tendency among poets to emphasize emotional aspects of panegyric poetry, often at the expense of its deeper objective—namely,the transmission of profound human values through the portrayal of the praised figure.http://literature.ihss.ac.ir/Article/50680Historical metatext Manaqib Alavi Manaqib Contemporary poetry.perInstitute of Humanities and Social Studiesپژوهش زبان و ادبیات فارسی1735-10302821-03952026-092480articleIbn ʿArabī’s Spiritual Journeys in the Novel al-Mawt al-Ṣaghīr: A Reading Based on the Twelve Archetypesmohammadreza movahediMovahedi1345@yahoo.com1atefeh salehaatefehsaleh@gmail.com2PhD student in Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Qom University. Qom. IranThe novel al-Mawt al-Ṣaghīr by the Saudi writer and Booker Prize laureate Mohammed Hasan Alwan offers an innovative reimagining of the life and mystical journey of Ibn ʿArabī through a first-person narrative and literary structure. Dividing Ibn ʿArabī’s life into twelve journeys, the novel simultaneously adheres to the traditional framework of Sufi path-seeking while portraying the inner stages of his spiritual, psychological, and intellectual transformations. This article examines these twelve journeys through the lens of Carol Pearson’s theory of the hero’s archetypal journey. The findings reveal that the hero’s journey is not only successfully reconstructed in the novel but also that the sequence of Ibn ʿArabī’s inner transformations aligns with Pearson’s twelve archetypes. These archetypes, from the “Innocent” to the “Ruler,” manifest in the narrative as stages of Ibn ʿArabī’s inner quest toward the doctrine of waḥdat al-wujūd (Unity of Being), the discovery of truth, and the flourishing of the self. The deep interweaving of mystical and mythological elements in the narrative grants Ibn ʿArabī an archetypal and mythical aura, prompting the contemporary reader to reconsider the meaning of the hero, the spiritual journey, and character transformation within the framework of Islamic mysticismhttp://literature.ihss.ac.ir/Article/51360 Ibn ʿArabī al-Mawt al-Ṣaghīr Mohammed Hasan Alwan mystical journey Carol Pearson archetypeperInstitute of Humanities and Social Studiesپژوهش زبان و ادبیات فارسی1735-10302821-03952026-092480articlePathology of Applying Propp’s Theory in Iranian ResearchMaryam Sameimaryam.samei@gmail.com1Alireza Fouladifouladi2@yahoo.com2PhD student in Persian Language and Literature at the University of KashanThe theory of morphology of folktales, introduced by Vladimir Propp in his classic work Morphology of the Folktale (1928), marks a turning point in narrative studies. Through a detailed analysis of Russian fairy tales, Propp demonstrated that narratives follow a recurrent structural pattern composed of thirty-one narrative functions. Since its publication, this theory has inspired numerous scholars in comparative literature, folklore studies, and narratology. In Iran, researchers over the past decades have applied Propp’s model to the structural analysis of Persian narratives—ranging from epic and mystical texts to folk tales. However, a review of Persian scholarship reveals that Propp’s theory has often been employed in a superficial and mechanical manner, lacking a deep understanding of its theoretical and methodological foundations. This article aims to critically examine the methodological shortcomings in the application of Propp’s model within Iranian research and to propose a revised framework for a more precise and context-aware utilization of his theory in Persian literary studies. The findings indicate that Iranian applications of Propp’s morphology are largely formalistic and comparative, undertaken without sufficient attention to the theory’s inherent limitations and cultural premises. The study suggests that instead of mechanically imposing Propp’s thirty-one functions on diverse texts, scholars should employ his analytical approach as a tool for discovering indigenous narrative structures, thereby reinterpreting and expanding Propp’s theory within the cultural context of Iran.http://literature.ihss.ac.ir/Article/51989Propp Morphology Tale Structuralism PathologyperInstitute of Humanities and Social Studiesپژوهش زبان و ادبیات فارسی1735-10302821-03952026-092480articleA study of the process of integrating modern literary schools in Iranian fiction (From the Constitutional Revolution to 1978)tahereh koochakiandarya_koochekiyan@yahoo.com1One of the manifestations of intertextual and interdiscursive dialogues in the Constitutional and post-Constitutional periods is the influence of literature on modern literary and intellectual schools that encountered new readings in Iran and often emerged with reductionist approaches in combination with each other. This research, using an analytical-review method, has examined the process of combining literary schools in three periods from the Constitutional period to 1911, from 1911 to 1941, and from 1941 to 1978. The results of the research showed that the combination of modern literary schools in Iranian fiction has been visible since the Constitutional period. The extent and manner of combination do not have the same trend and are more and more diverse in the third period (1978-1978). Combinations of two or more schools were seen. Realism is the most frequent literary school in the combination of modern scholastic approaches in the three periods in question. Combination is not only in the literary field. This fusion, despite its sometimes hasty and incoherent structure, form, and meaning, is not a mere imitation, but rather an innovative and trend-setting arrangement that provides the necessary flexibility to adapt literature to the new global order and transcend some of the frameworks of traditional literature. This fusion can also be seen from another perspective as a manifestation of unfinished modernity in Iran and an external reflection of internal contradictions in the country's intellectual, cultural, political, and social structure.http://literature.ihss.ac.ir/Article/52155Modern Fiction Literature Iran Modern Literary Schools Process Synthesis