The Study of Rubaiyat attributed to Khayyam in Movies

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https://doi.org/10.5195/cinej.2020.271

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Khayyam, Rubaiyat, Transiency, Death, Carpe Diem, Heaven and hell, Determinism, Feature movies

Abstract

Among the literati and men of culture of Iran, it is not exaggerated to call Khayyam one of the vaguest figures. One might recognize him certainly and resolutely through his philosophical and scientific works; however, it was his Rubaiyat attributed to him which created many arguments. This paper studies Hakim Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat in English and Persian language feature and non-biographical movies; hence, biographical movies depicting factual or imaginary life of Khayyam or any serials, TV productions, documentaries, non- English, non- Persian movies are not included. The aim is to expound any relationships between the film and Rubaiyat; therefore, according to the type of the applied quatrain, movie genre, plot, some categories are propounded to classify the movies in which Khayyam’s quatrains are quoted such as Transiency-Death, Transiency-Carpe Diem, Heaven and Hell, and Determinism. Indeed, these categories can be applied to the theme of the movies or a single scene in which the stanza is quoted. 

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2020-12-03

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Minakar, M., & Chitsazian, A. H. (2020). The Study of Rubaiyat attributed to Khayyam in Movies. CINEJ Cinema Journal, 8(2), 324–352. https://doi.org/10.5195/cinej.2020.271

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