Mirza Fath Ali Akhundzadeh

Considered the "founder of modern literary criticism in Iran,"^[1] Mīrzā Fatḥ ʿAlī Ākhūnd'zādah used literary criticism as "the vehicle for his reformist impulse."^[2] However, he was the first critic in the modern tradition. He emphasized "realistic content in prose and poetry"^[3] and attacked the "decadence of Persian literature — a literature that failed to address the social needs of its time."^[4]

He published many works on literary criticism:

• Qirītīkah ("Criticism")
• Risālah-i īrād ("Fault-finding treatise")
• Fann-i kirītīkah ("Art of criticism")
• Darbārah-i Mullā-yi Rūmī va tasnīf-i ū ("On Rumi and his work")
• Darbārah-i nazm va nasr ("On verse and prose")
• Fihrist-i kitāb ("Preface to the book")
• Maktūb bih Mīrzā Āqā Tabrīzī ("Letter to Mīrzā Āqā Tabrīzī")
• Uṣūl-i nigārish ("Principles of writing")

See also

• Literary criticism in Iran

References

1. ^ Parsinejad, Iraj. A History of Literary Criticism in Iran (1866-1951). Bethesda, MD: Ibex, 2003. p. 44.
2. ^ Parsinejad, Iraj. A History of Literary Criticism in Iran (1866-1951). Bethesda, MD: Ibex, 2003. p. 56.
3. ^ Parsinejad, Iraj. A History of Literary Criticism in Iran (1866-1951). Bethesda, MD: Ibex, 2003. p. 62.
4. ^ Parsinejad, Iraj. A History of Literary Criticism in Iran (1866-1951). Bethesda, MD: Ibex, 2003. p. 56.

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