Sökning: "Modern Persian literature"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden Modern Persian literature.

  1. 1. Persian Orthography : Modification or Changeover? (1850-2000)

    Författare :Forogh Hashabeiky; Bo Utas; Carina Jahani; Éva Jeremiás; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Iranian languages; Persian; Persian orthography; Arabic alphabet; modification; changeover; romanization; orthographic conventions; bound and unbound writing; Iranska språk - allmänt; Iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

    Sammanfattning : The present study provides a description of the standardization process of Persian orthography since the introduction of the Arabic alphabet, with a focus on this process in modern times (1850-2000). Using theories related to orthography standardization as its background, this work seeks an explanation for the prolonged standardization process of Persian orthography, and presents the frameworks within which this standardization has been carried out. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Slippery paths : The performance and canonization of Turkic literature and Uyghur muqam song in Islam and modernity

    Författare :Nathan Light; USA IN Indiana University; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Folklore; Song; Islam; Muqam; Modernity; Language; literature and linguistics; Social sciences; Turkic; Canonization; Middle Eastern literature; Uyghur; Performance; China; Asian literature; Turkic languages; Turkiska språk; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

    Sammanfattning : In the past forty years the fluid Uyghur muqam song tradition has been transformed into a cultural canon used to represent the Uyghur ethnic group within China and on the world stage. Traditional muqam performers have provided the magma of songs that scholars and politicians have edited into an invented "great tradition" which supports a Uyghur claim to an important piece world cultural history. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Nation and Novel : A Study of Persian and Kurdish narrative discourse

    Författare :Hashem Ahmadzadeh; Martin van Bruinessen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Iranian languages; Modern Persian literature; modern Kurdish literature; novel; Persian novel; Kurdish novel; nationalism; nation; identity; modernity; Iran; Kurdistan; Iranska språk - allmänt; iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

    Sammanfattning : The present work provides a description of the rise of the Persian and Kurdish novel, using as its background specific definitions and theories of the novel and its emergence. Considering the novel as an originally European genre, the study looks at the different prerequisites for its emergence, e.g. LÄS MER

  4. 4. A study of European, Persian and Arabic loans in standard Sorani

    Författare :Jafar Hasanpoor; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Languages and linguistics; borrowing; purification; language contact; standard Sorani Kurdish; Mukri dialect; norm conflict; Silemani dialect; modernisation; standardisation; nationalism; Språkvetenskap; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; Iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines processes of lexical borrowing in the Sorani standard of the Kurdish language, spoken in Iraq, Iran, and the Kurdish diaspora. Borrowing, a form of language contact, occurs on all levels of language structure. LÄS MER