Principi kritike s fokusom na autora u Rumijevoj Mesneviji
Principles of Criticism with Focus on Author in Mathnawi by Rumi

Summary/Abstract: Western authors have, mostly, dealt with topics related to the area of art criticism, philosophy of art and art aesthetics. However, in some classical Iranian pieces it is possible to find texts that deal with artworks, artists and art consumers. One such piece is Mathnawi by Jalauddin Rumi. Verses that concern topics such as piece of art and art are sporadically found in Mathnawi. The objective of this paper is to analyse verses from Mathnawi that in some way deal with the issue of criticism of art. Methodology of qualitative analysis of text has been used in this paper. Verses that are related to art and artist are selected in the first phase and then those verses have been decoded and analysed. Data has been collected through libraries and analysed with the help of lexicon. The subject of this research are verses from Mathnawi by Jalaludin Rumi that have been systemized and critically elaborated. The results of this work show that author, as someone who produces a text, is very important. The author, during creation of a piece of art, communicates with a text in both internal and external level. In the first phase of receiving the inspiration, the author prepares his mind and heart in order to comprehend artistic pictures, and in the second phase he has to be introduced to the substance and specific goals of art. The artist has to be creative and innovative, hence genuine and should not copy others.

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