An Inquiry into the Position of the Author and Meaning in a Literary Work Based on the Verses of the Holy Quran

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Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Sciences and General Courses, Khorramshahr University of Marine Sciences and Technology, Khorramshahr, Iran

Abstract

The author, the audience, the theme and the format form the four sides of each literary work. Literary schools have expressed different views on these four sides. Islam, as one of the heavenly schools of thought, also has views on it. The author as an influential human being has a special importance in the literary approach of Islam. The religion of Islam considers a literary work as an act that can be righteous or unrighteous. What is the meaning and concept of "literary work" is important from the Islamic point of view. In this article, we have tried to examine the views of Islam about the two sides of the author and meaning in a literary work. To better understand the view of Islam, we had a look at the views of other literary schools and their differences with the Islamic approach. This study showed that despite the text-oriented and audience-oriented nature of many literary schools, the literary approach of Islam is semantic and the position of the author is of special importance.

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