آشنايي زدايي از داستانهاي قرآني در ديوان خاقاني

Khaghaniʹs Defamiliarization in Some Stories from the Koran

Khaghani is a poet with his idiosyncratic style. He has specific thoughts regarding poetry and is, also, a master of science in his own time. Issues concerning faith as well as religious issues are frequently repeated in his works. In his collected works, stories spanning from Adam up to Mohammad, along with diverse expressions and artistic forms caress any readerʹs mind. The poet puts the common techniques aside and defamiliarizes the setting by means of new methods of expression. Adam with the face of an ardent lover is deceived by the apple of the face of the beloved, and is consequently expelled from Eden; the Samaritan (which has a negative picture in Islamic tradition) gets a white picture and accompanies Moses; Moses and Pharaoh reconcile; the dog in the Seven Sleepers Cave loses its appeal and the story of Abraham and the four birds in the Quran is mixed with the birds of the King of Calah and a new image is formed. It can be said that Khaghani has this virtue of novelty in his outlook that distinguishes him from the other poets. Russian formalists give importance to deconstruction or Defamiliarization in the interpretation of art. In this article, someof the stories of the prophets in Khaghani have been chosen to be studied, although his technique is much more extensive than typical formalist definitions.