"Homay o Homayun" by Kaju Kermani. Thematic Roots and Literary Backgrounds

Meghdad Shamsolvaezin

Format
Paperback
Publisher
Grin Verlag
Published
24 June 2019
Pages
76
ISBN
9783668950542

“Homay o Homayun” by Kaju Kermani. Thematic Roots and Literary Backgrounds

Meghdad Shamsolvaezin

Literature Review from the year 2019 in the subject Literature - Middle East, language: English, abstract: This research studies verse romance tale "Homay o Homayun" by Kaju Kermani, a sufi mystic and Persian poet of the early 14th century. This tale is a story of a medieval Syrian prince named Homay who falls in love with a Chinese princess Homayun, just by seeing her portrait on a silk in his dream. He begins a long journey, facing the dragon and reaching the treasure, then he finally becomes the king of all the lands from Syria to China and marries the Chinese princess in a happy ending story. This article tries to expose the importance of Kaju as a fundamental link in mystical poetry study's chain.

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