The ruins of Ivan Madayen (the Madayen palace) remained from the Sassanid period in Iran, has
always been a source of inspiration for poets. Bohtory, the Arab poet (904-827) was among the
first poets to write a poem after visiting the palace. In Persian literature, one of the most famous
poems was written by Khaghani (1190-1120). Centuries later, another Iranian poet, Mirzade
Eshghi, (1924-1893) inspired by the same building wrote a poem under the title “Rastakhize
Shariyaran Iran” (The Resurection of Iranian Kings). Intertextuality, a literary criticism method,
taken from modern linguistics, is based on the idea that no literary work is self-sufficient.
According to this literary criticism method, a complete reading of a literary work and deciding
its position among other works of literature is possible only when it is compared with works
created before or after it. The objective of this research, which is descriptive- analytical in nature,
and follows a library method, is to compare and contrast Khaghani’s “Ivan Madayen” and
Eshghi’s “Rastakhize Shahriyaran Iran” using the intertextual literary theory. This research,
which emphasizes the differences between the two poems, by elaborating on factors such as the
different poetic styles, and the different worldview of the two poets and also the different eras in
which the two poems have been written, tries to give a more comprehensive picture of the two
poems and the two poets from what has already been presented by other critics.
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