This study, after a summary of the verse romance Homāy o Homāyūn by the medieval Persian poet Ḫwājū Kermānī (14th c.), focuses on its rich semantic stratification and casts doubt on its usual classification as a mere “story of love and adventure”. In particular, this analysis attempts to highlight the numerous and consistent “signals” disseminated by Ḫwājū in his work that deliberately intend to direct the reader to a markedly spiritual perspective in which the hero’s journey in search of his beloved becomes an allegorical spiritual quest
Norozi, N. (2019). The verse romance Homāy o Homāyūn of Ḫwājū Kermānī: a “love and adventure story” or an allegory of a spiritual quête?. EURASIAN STUDIES, 17, 23-48.
The verse romance Homāy o Homāyūn of Ḫwājū Kermānī: a “love and adventure story” or an allegory of a spiritual quête?
NOROZI, NAHID
2019
Abstract
This study, after a summary of the verse romance Homāy o Homāyūn by the medieval Persian poet Ḫwājū Kermānī (14th c.), focuses on its rich semantic stratification and casts doubt on its usual classification as a mere “story of love and adventure”. In particular, this analysis attempts to highlight the numerous and consistent “signals” disseminated by Ḫwājū in his work that deliberately intend to direct the reader to a markedly spiritual perspective in which the hero’s journey in search of his beloved becomes an allegorical spiritual questI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
