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Hafez’s and Molavi’s Ideas on Meaning Saghe’i, Saeed
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3 (2011): September 2011
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Molavi (=Rumi) and Hafez, two Iranian poets in two succeeding centuries, have each their own ideas on meaning. Molaviuses tales with human or animal characters in a symbolic and multi-layered fashion and Hafez makes use of the natural element of SabaWind as a channel for transferring a pleasant scent between the lover and beloved, and, thus, in this way they both confirm theories ofmeaning in the communication process. Case studies of Hafez’s and Molavi’s poetry showed that they, not unlike contemporary westernthinkers such as David Berlo and Dean Barnlund, believe that communication is the process of transfer of the message from sender toreceiver providing the meaning received by the receiver be similar to that intended by the sender. This aim became possible throughcomparing Berlo’s famous communication model with Hafez’s and Molavi’s poems. The results will be presented in tables and diagramsand, finally, an answer will be attempted to the question as to whether it is possible to find a connection between prevailing westerntheories in this field and the points mentioned by Hafez and Molavi.
An Analysis of the Causes of Multivalence in Hafez’s Discourse: A Hermeneutic Approach Saghe’i, Saeed; Khadivar, Hadi
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 7 (2012): Special Issue
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From the viewpoint of hermeneutics, texts are divided into open and closed texts. In contrast to closed texts, which areinflexibly structured, open texts are those which, according to Eco, are intended to lead to plural interpretations; these texts allow greatfreedom to the readers in the interpretation process and are preferred by intellectual people, since they, as opposed to common people,do not seek immediate pleasure from the text but try to go deep into the text and appreciate the miraculous power of such texts. Thepresent paper is an attempt to show that Hafez’s poems belong to open texts. Moreover, case studies on his poems, by means of ahermeneutic approach as well as the ideas of Eco and Bakhtin, will demonstrate that multivalence in Hafez’s poems stems from generalliterary and linguistic factors, his own personality, and sometimes from issues related to the readers. The results of the paper areillustrated at the end of a paper through a tree diagram.