Abstract:
Quatrain is a form that first enjoyed wide currency among Iranian poets ، then it found its way to Arab poetry; however، though it is believed by some، like Shams Qys Razi، that Rudaki first developed quatrain، due to lack of adequate documentation، there is no agreement on who was its inventor. Some believe that quatrain can be traced to the pre-Islamic form of poetry known as Khusrovani، others relate it to Sufis. In this paper، the authors believe that such arguments will never lead to a defensible result. So the issue needs to be viewed from another perspective. To do so، using Lucien Goldman’s theory of Genetic Structuralism، according to which there is a homologous relationship between the inherent structure of literary works and the key structures of the social context of the author، they have tried to show how quatrain is the reflection of rationalistic worldview of the rationalist poets of the Khurasani school of poetry rather than the evolution of Iranians pre-Islamic poetry.
Machine summary:
Scientific-Research Quarterly "Persian Language and Literature Research" Sixteenth Issue, Spring 1398: 91-1 Date of Receipt: 1372/21/07 Date of Acceptance: 1388/11/08 From Meaningful Structure to Rubai Structure (A Sociological Look at the Connection between the Worldview of Rudaki's Era and the Rubai Structure) Ahmad Khatami* Mona Ali Madadi** Isa Aman Khani*** Abstract The Rubai is a poetic form that first became popular among Iranian poets and then found its way into Arabic poetry; however, despite the fact that some, such as Shams-e Qays Razi, consider the Rubai to be the creation of Rudaki, due to the lack of sufficient evidence, there is no consensus regarding who its inventor is; to the extent that one group believes that the Rubai has roots in pre-Islamic royal songs, and others have attributed the first Rubais to the Sufis.
In this article, believing that such research will not yield precise results, the authors have viewed this subject from another perspective, attempting to use Lucien Goldmann's theory of genetic structuralism—which establishes a connection between the form of a work and the worldview prevailing in the era in which the work was shaped—to demonstrate how the Rubai form—certainly in its common and modern sense—which possesses a logical structure, is a reflection of the rational worldview of the rationalist poets of the Khorasani style, rather than an evolved form of pre-Islamic Iranian poetry.
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