Mirza Aqa Khan Kermani
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Mirza Aqa Khan Kermani was an Iran
ian literary critic.
Kirmānī emphasized "that it is meaning, not the mode of expression, that exerts the real influence on the reader," and thus discouraged the "destruction of the natural clarity of language ... by means of complicated metaphors, difficult words, long sentences, and complex expressions."
He published many works on literary criticism:
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian literary critic.
Kirmānī emphasized "that it is meaning, not the mode of expression, that exerts the real influence on the reader," and thus discouraged the "destruction of the natural clarity of language ... by means of complicated metaphors, difficult words, long sentences, and complex expressions."
He published many works on literary criticism:
- Fann-i guftan va nivishtan ("Art of speaking and writing")
- Nāmah-i bāstān ("Book of ancient times")
- Āyīnah-i sekandarī ("Alexandrian mirror")
- Nāmah-i sukhanvārān ("Book of eloquent speakers"), or Āyīn-i sokhanvārī ("Rules of eloquence")
- Takvīn va tashrīʿ ("Creation and lawmaking")
- Sih maktūb ("Three letters")
- Sad khaṭābah ("One hundred lectures")