Analyzing the Factors of Theme Creation by Calligraphy Terms in Saeb Tabrizi’s Poem

Abstract

The most prominent feature of Persian poetry in the Indian style is thematic creation. In the creation of themes, the poet establishes a connection among the far-fetched and seemingly unrelated elements which are not obtained necessarily by similar way or other aspects known in the rhetoric. Mostly, it is achieved from the stand of similarities, proximities and contrasts, implications, visual possibilities, associations of motifs, and literary conventions. Among the Indian-style poets, Saeb Tabrizi created new themes with calligraphy terms due to his mastery of calligraphy. The art of using calligraphy themes in his Divan has not been investigated yet. This article has tried to study the creation of themes by calligraphy terms in Saeb Tabrizi’s Divan. After finding a theoretical framework for this descriptive-analytical research, a conceptual model was proposed by studying the related books and articles. Then the couplets of the first volume of Saeb Tabrizi’s Divan were analyzed. In this research, the authors have found a thematic paradigm in the process of perception of meaning, vocabularies, and images of his poems that show how Saeb has created beautiful themes by using different handwritings, tools, genres, and terms and rules of calligraphy and combined them with imageries.

Keywords

• saeb
• creation of themes
• handwriting
• calligraphy