“A comparative study of entitling literary works in Iran and the world” (A classification of literary titles, with a focus on syntactic structure and linguistics aspects)

Koopal, Ataollah

doi:10.30465/lir.2023.43741.1651

“A comparative study of entitling literary works in Iran and the world” (A classification of literary titles, with a focus on syntactic structure and linguistics aspects)

Document Type : Original Article

Author

ataollah koopal

Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University. Karaj. Iran. koopal@kiau.ac.ir

10.30465/lir.2023.43741.1651

Abstract

All authors have long sought to find attractive and lasting names for their works, and the discussion about the entitling of literary works has been as important as study on their structure and content, in the discussions of literary criticism. The main approach of the article is based on an interdisciplinary foundation, between literature and linguistics. The article aims to present a comprehensive classification of naming methods of literary works using the knowledge of linguistics and based on the construction rules of the Persian language. The claim of this article is that the writers of Iran and the world have used very definite and limited methods in the construction of language to entitle their works, whether in Persian or in other languages, and many of these methods are similar. This article is written in a descriptive and analytical way, using the approach of analyzing the names of literary works, based on “construction” and “Persian grammar”. The author of this article has used syntactic and grammatical classification methods in the classification of names. The article tries to reach this conclusion, contrary to what is believed, entitling a literary work is the most difficult part of creating a work; the naming of works follows simple and repetitive patterns, familiarity with which can facilitate the naming of literary works for any contemporary writer.

Keywords

entitling literary works

Novel

Drama

Grammar

Persian language structure

Subjects

Literary interdisciplinary research

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