The author of the article expounds the content of “Badoye-ul-Afkor” by Koshifi - one of the significant monuments of the idea of literary criticism written in the Persian-Tajik language dwelling on the tenet concerned with the devices of belles-lettre speech embellishment (ilm-ul-badi) being one of three constituents of classical sciences in reference to poetry. Special attention is paid to elicitation of distinctions of Khuseyn Voiz Koshifi`s treatise from other theoretical ones bearing a normative character. In particular, it is underscored that in distinction to the authors of previous poetological treatises who adduced a peculiar supplement at the end of their works containing an explication of the most common terms of the poetical theory Koshifi places it in the introduction to his book. It is emphasized that in the majority of cases Koshifi borrows the patterns and poetical illustrations for tropes and devices from “Khadoik-us-sikhre” by Rashid Vatvat (1080-1177), “Al-Mu`djam” by Kais Rozi (1218-1233) and “E`djozi Khusravi” by Amir Khusrav Dekhlavi (the XIII-th – the XIV-th centuries). This thesis is illustrated by the example of tarse trope. The author has conducted a structural-content analysis of the treatise, elicited the theoretical importance of the introduction to Koshifi`s book in the history of Persian-Tajik literary ideas.
Khuseyn Voiz Koshifi, “Badoye-ul-Afkor”, poetics, eloquence, poetical figures, tarsi (full rhythmic-syntactical parallelism), sehri khalol (allowed magics)
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