Mirza Aqa Khan Kermani

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Mirza Aqa Khan Kermani was an Iranian literary critic.

Kirmānī emphasized "that it is meaning, not the mode of expression, that exerts the real influence on the reader,"[1] and thus discouraged the "destruction of the natural clarity of language ... by means of complicated metaphors, difficult words, long sentences, and complex expressions."[2]

He published many works on literary criticism:

  • Fann-i guftan va nivishtan ("Art of speaking and writing")
  • Nāmah-i bāstān ("Book of ancient times")
  • Āyīnah-i sekandarī ("Alexandrian mirror")
  • Nāmah-i sukhanvārān ("Book of eloquent speakers"), or Āyīn-i sokhanvārī ("Rules of eloquence")
  • Takvīn va tashrīʿ ("Creation and lawmaking")
  • Sih maktūb ("Three letters")
  • Sad khaṭābah ("One hundred lectures")

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  1. ^ Parsinejad, Iraj. A History of Literary Criticism in Iran (1866-1951). Bethesda, MD: Ibex, 2003. pp. 72.
  2. ^ Ibid, 73.


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