Examining allegory and its function in Nezami ganjavi' poems based on the cognitive approach of metaphor .

Azarnivar, Leila; Asadollahi, Khodabakhsh

doi:10.30465/lir.2025.50284.1942

Examining allegory and its function in Nezami ganjavi' poems based on the cognitive approach of metaphor .

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Leila Azarnivar ¹

Khodabakhsh Asadollahi ²

¹ Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili , Ardabil, Iran

² Department of Persian Language and Literature, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

10.30465/lir.2025.50284.1942

Abstract

Allegory lies in the literary term simile or metaphor, which allows the speaker to easily convey his abstract concepts. This feature makes poets and writers, even orators, use it as a container for expression. Philosophical, mystical and educational thoughts are for the user. Recent linguistic studies have also considered metaphor as a secondary phenomenon in language and knowledge, as well as a builder of human knowledge and thinking. From this perspective, conceptual metaphor and allegory provide us with a new expression of the function of the brain in dealing with the surrounding world. The current research has investigated the Panj Ganj with the aim of understanding the function of parables using a cognitive approach. For this purpose, with a descriptive-analytical method based on library studies, while specifying the origin and purpose of proverbs, their function in the language field and the reasons for their use have been discussed. The results of analyzing allegories in Nezami poems with the conceptual metaphor approach indicate that the cognitive approach has not only led to a better understanding of the linguistic and literary structure of Nezami proverbs, but also to familiarization with the methods of forming and transmitting deeper and more complex meanings of proverbs. Therefore, in this way, the audience is better and more aware of the thoughts and ideas of the Nezami.

Keywords

Nezami Ganjavi

Panj Ganj

allegory

Lakoff

conceptual metaphor

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