Critical Reading of Some Versions of Persian Classical Literal Texts Related to Backgammon and Chess

Tayefi, Shirzad; Ramezani, Mehdi

doi:10.22034/crtc.2022.342210.1001

Critical Reading of Some Versions of Persian Classical Literal Texts Related to Backgammon and Chess

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Shirzad Tayefi ¹

Mehdi Ramezani ²

¹ Allameh tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

² Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

10.22034/crtc.2022.342210.1001

Abstract

Persian classical literature texts are among the prominent manifestations of Iran cultural heritage, in which careful and scholarly reflection can expose to the audience unread angles of the text and Iranian thought. To achieve such a goal, one must have a more rigorous form of these texts more than anything else; because the passing of time may have caused forgetfulness, neglect, deletion, displacement and even metamorphosis on their texture and construction for various reasons. As a result, it has offered different and even sometimes readings contradictory to some aspects of these texts, which in few cases, has puzzled and sometimes confused the audience. So, due to this necessity, we read some leading texts emphasizing different versions and special points related to backgammon and chess. We used a descriptive-analytical method and reread the texts in an inductive manner critically. In reread evidence, while defending all the wise efforts made, we got different obvious manifestations, taste perceptions, unusual distortions, my suggestions, etc., and shared these with the audience. The important and at the same time sad point is that most of these misreadings and early my readings have been transferred to later commentators' writings, which has made it difficult for audiences, even educated ones, to read the texts. We hope this study, with some suggestions, take a step towards correcting some errors found in the texts.

Keywords

Critical Edition

Manuscriptology

Text Versions

Chess

Backgammon

Criticism

Description

20.1001.1.49132783.2022.1.1.1.2

Subjects

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