First theme. Forms of mathnavi in medieval Persian literature from the 10th to the 14th century
Second theme. Gorgani's Vis o Ramin (XI century) and the Tristan cycle: themes of comparison and narrative strategies, also with reference to aspects of the relationship between courtly/chivalrous ethics and religious ethics.
Third theme. Women in Persian poetry: female subjectivity, misogyny/gynophobia, poetry of denunciation
Fourth theme. Arabic-Persian literature inspired by the Sufi tradition: production and reception of mystical treatises and poetic texts of the Middle Ages
Fifth theme. Forms and motifs of Persian literature of the 20th century: from the constitutional period to the Islamic revolution
