Considered the "founder of modern literary criticism in Iran,"[1] Mīrzā Fatḥ ʿAlī Ākhūnd'zādah (1812–1878) used literary criticism as "the vehicle for his reformist impulse."[2] However, he was the first critic in the modern tradition. He emphasized "realistic content in prose and poetry"[3] and attacked the "decadence of Persian literature — a literature that failed to address the social needs of its time."[4]
He published many works on literary criticism:
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