How a literary work becomes a literary movement? (Case Study: Hamla -ie Haidari)

Abstract

Literary works, apart from the rhetorical value and artistic quality, sometimes create a large social wave in the target audience. This wave will be different at the culture level of society whether it's among specific audiences (other authors), or general audiences (community), or both and or the effects of the created literary stream. This essay has been explored the same issue in one of the most famous works of Persian literature of the 17th century in India, Hamla -ie Haidari, the work of Bāzel Mashhadi (born in Delhi). The result of this essay is that the literary value of the text is not the primary factor in shaping a movement but it is the coincidence of the reception of a specific and general audience, and the accidents that sometimes intensifies this welcoming that cause a movement. Also, in the case of discussed work, the ideological developments of the Persian-speaking community since the Safavid era have been another factor contributing to the success of the work.