May 2018

Sacrificing the bull: Conceptualisations of fanā (spiritual death) in Rumi’s Mathnavi

This study examined conceptualisations of FANÄ€, the case of ‘the cave’ and ‘the bull’, in Masnavi (complete six books) using the theoretical and analytical frameworks of Cultural Linguistics. The study was motivated by an increasing number of Rumi readers all over the world, and specifically in Western contexts. Furthermore, the dearth of empirical research that addresses conceptual metaphors...

Author(s): Sepideh Hozhabrossadat