Evaluation of the Historical Information on Eighth Century A.H in Hafiz’s Divan regarding Historical Resources

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10.30465/hcs.2021.33359.2316

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Social and historical phenomena and events of each period, if they are original, their scope will be extended to the literary texts of that period.Hafez Shirazi's Divan is a clear example of literature and some historical and social issues. Recognition of historical data in Hafez's court; In addition to knowing more about his poetry and times, he can clarify the degree of overlap and similarity of the historical data of Hafez's divan with the historical sources of this period. Therefore, this paper, with a descriptive-analytical method and possible use of Goldmann's structuralist theory of genetic, seeks to answer the questions of how the historical data of the eighth century in Hafez's divan relate to the historical sources of this period. To what extent has he succeeded in including it in his court?The findings indicate that Hafez, with his high awareness, historiography and analysis of political and historical issues, has included some of the political and historical themes and events of his time in a concise manner and with literary mechanisms in his poetry. . So that one of the secrets of immortality and art of his divan is to provide accurate, delicate and insightful analysis in the face of historical events and happenings of his time. The similarity and overlap of some historical data of Hafez's poetry with the historical events and sources of his time is such that researchers can use it as a historical fact in historiography.

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- Avery, Peter.(2010). “Foreword: Hafiz of Shiraz.” in Hafiz and the Religion of Love in Classical Persian Poetry. edited by Leonard Lewisohn. London: I.‌ B.‌ Tauris. pp.‌ ix-xvi.
     
Historical Studies
Volume 12, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
spring and summer
September 2021
Pages 275-296

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