Written in 1973, Hushang Golshiri (1938â2000)âs MaÊ¿sum-e sevvom (The Third Innocent), is a multilayered short story that can be read from various perspectives. In this study, I examine both its historical context and intertextual references to the twelfth-century romance of Khosrow Å Shirin by the poet NezÄmi Ganjavi (1141â1209). Indeed, that medieval romance serves the reader as a hermeneutical key, providing insight to the puzzle-like, modern work of fiction and legitimizing the possibility of its reading as a political thriller.
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Written in 1973, Hushang Golshiri (1938â2000)âs MaÊ¿sum-e sevvom (The Third Innocent), is a multilayered short story that can be read from various perspectives. In this study, I examine both its historical context and intertextual references to the twelfth-century romance of Khosrow Å Shirin by the poet NezÄmi Ganjavi (1141â1209). Indeed, that medieval romance serves the reader as a hermeneutical key, providing insight to the puzzle-like, modern work of fiction and legitimizing the possibility of its reading as a political thriller.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 310 | 151 | 21 |
| Full Text Views | 18 | 9 | 1 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 46 | 23 | 2 |