EXPLORING THE WAYS OF RAISING MATERIAL IN MATHNAVI MANAVI

To express the contents and purposes, it is not enough to have an idea, but in order to cultivate meanings and subjects; one should look for the way of expressing that opinion and idea. There are ways and means to nurture the contents and purposes that the author chooses one or more of these ways to foster the meanings in accordance with his own requirements. Rumi has used these ways in Mathnavi to nurture the meaning, design, explanation and persuasion of the audience. The present study has examined this issue in Mathnavi in a descriptive-analytical way and seeks to answer this question: What is Rumi's method in Mathnavi and how he uses it? The results of the research indicate that Rumi has used various methods in Masnavi to develop his ideas including: definition, description, reasoning, study of causes and results, affidavits, comparison, division, conversation, debates and storytelling