- Persian satire
Persian satire refers to
satire s inPersian language .History of Persian satire
Ancient Persian satire
Perhaps the most notable
Persian satirist of Ancient times isObeid e Zakani (d. 1370 AD). His work is noted for its satire and obscene verses, often political or bawdy, and often cited in debates involvinghomosexual practices. He wrote the "Resaleh-ye Delgosha", as well as "Akhlaq al-Ashraf" ("Ethics of the Aristocracy") and the famous humorous fable "Masnavi Mush-O-Gorbeh" (Mouse and Cat), which was a political satire. His non-satirical serious classical verses have also been regarded as very well written, in league with the other great works ofPersian literature .Persian satire and constitutionalism
Persian Constitutional Revolution coincided with the emergence of numerous legendary satirist and literary figures asIraj Mirza ,Ali Akbar Dehkhoda andBibi Khatoon Astarabadi . Most satirists wrote their works in the form of poetry. Apart from Persian satire, Azeri satire had a strong presence during the revolution. Legendary Iranian-Azerbaijani satirist,Jalil Mohammad Gholizadeh published his famous "Molla Nasreddin" weekly magazine inTabriz during this period. He published the first very first cartoons in the history of Iranian cartoon art.Contemporary Persian satire
During late 20th century, Tofigh and
Gol-agha magazines contributed significantly to Persian satire and Persian political satire inIran . At the turn of the millennium, Persian Satire underwent a revolution by the works ofEbrahim Nabavi in Jame-eh daily. He offered a novel form of Persian satire in his work entitled "Sotoon e panjom".The emergence and development of satire in
Afghanistan is closely connected with political history.Mahmud Tarzi , Abdul Sabur Ghafory, Muhamad Yusof, Shaeq Jamal were perhaps the most notable satirist during the period of 1873-1965. The period from 1965 till 1978 was the most productive period and different types of satire emerged and flourished in Afghanistan. In addition, an even larger number of the same kind of work was imported from Iran. [ [http://cssaame.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/25/2/466 Satire in Modern Afghanistan] ]Further reading
*Hasan Javadi, "Satire in Persian Literature." ISBN 0-8386-3260-2
References
See also
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Persian literature
*Iranian stand-up comedy
*Nasreddin External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/worldnews/story/2006/07/060721_mv-constitution-en-satirists.shtml Satire and Persian constitutional revolution] (BBC Persian)
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2006/10/061031_pm-cy-satire-sadr.shtml A review of Satire in post-revolutoin Iran] (BBC Persian)
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