A survey on some epic elements in Karbala’ s epic Relying on the epic elements of the "Shahnameh"

Document Type : Research Paper

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Assistant Professor, Hakim Sabzevari University

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"Karbla" is a long epic poem that composed, in 222 odes and more than 6000 verses, by "Said Alosayly"(1929 - 1994) the contemporary Lebanese poet and Accounting the life of Imam Hussain (AS) from birth to death in Karbala. this epic enjoys, tender affection, fluent words and phrases and appropriate rhythm.
In this epic that is written like storied poetry, the poet in addition to the high goals of heroes of Karbala and their behavior, describe their prowess and courage in battlefield and give his work epic features so he called it "ملحمة " (Equivalent to the حماسه"" in Persian and "epic" in English). Thought there are many differences between Islamic epics and World Epics but We can see some technical features epic in recent Islamic epics.
This paper is seeking to study the main elements of the epic such as: beginning and end, describe the battlefield, lyricism, prediction, in the Karbala’ s epic.

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