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Seyed Mehdi Zarqani, Ph.D.
 
Abstract
The categorization of literary genres is quite necessary and essential for a high variety of literary discussions and debates. For instance writing the history of literature in terms of the modern approaches and attitudes is not possible without defining the major genres first. This issue is also true in other domains of literature such as literary criticism and content analysis. The subject matter of this article is formed precisely within this point of concern; designing a model for the categorization of Persian literary genres in the classic era. All the literary works are generally divided into two scopes; poetry and prose. The domain of “Persian Poetry” can be categorized within three main genres; epical, lyrical and instructional-inspirational. Our definitions of these three mentioned literary genres do not necessarily correspond with the definitions of the Greek scholar The three genres of interest are redefined in the present article, while examples of their subdivisions in the Persian literature are defined. The Persian “branch of prose writings” includes literary works, non-literary works and pseudo-literary works. As a literary researcher, I am obviously concerned with the literary and pseudo-literary writings. Once each category is defined in this article, the literary writings are observed within two genres; “narrative-based” and “non-narrative” literary writings. The definition of each type, with examples; in addition to suggesting their subdivisions in the Classic era, all have made another part of this article. Since the contemporary prose and poetry possesses a particular poetical base, categorization of the variety of literary genres demands another opportunity, and our suggested design can merely be applied in the classic literary genres.
 
 

Keywords: literary genres, epic as a genre, lyric as a genre, instruction-inspiration as a genre, Persian classic literature, Pre-Islamic literature.

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