Author

• Ali Reza Zakavati

Abstract

The use of fiction for expressing mystical meanings has started with Sanaee, and reached its climax with with Mowlavi’s Mathnavi. On one hand, Mowlavi follows the holy Quran in telling stories, and focuses on one story in different places and situations. Because of this, like the holy Quran, Mathnavi has several layers which starts from the first layer, and while telling the story, displays the other layers. On the other hand, like westerm novelists, he develops a story through dialogue in which he offers descriptions of time, places and characters. Another thing that makes Mowlavi’s works similar to the works of modern writers is leaving the mind to the stream of consciousness. Theses points are studied in this article with some evidences.

Keywords

• Mathnavi
• Mowlavi
• telling stories
• dialogue
• the stream of consciousness