Behzad Barkat (in ) is an Iranian University Professor of Literature and Linguistics at Guilan University, and a translator. He is the author and translator of quite a number of books and articles. He also teaches at Rasht, Azad university. His classes are held in

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

and English, and his PhD dissertation was written and published in French.

Education

Barkat received his BA in

English Literature English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world. The English language has developed over more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian languages, Anglo-Frisian d ...

from Kharazmi (Tarbiat Moallem) University, followed by a Master of Arts degree in

General Linguistics Theoretical linguistics is a term in linguistics that, like the related term general linguistics, can be understood in different ways. Both can be taken as a reference to the theory of language, or the branch of linguistics that inquires into the ...

from the

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...

. He was later granted a scholarship to study for his doctorate in France, at

INALCO Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (; ), abbreviated as INALCO, is a French Grand Etablissement with a specializing in the teaching of languages and cultures from the world. Its coverage spans languages of Central Europ ...

, and majored in 2004 in

comparative literature Comparative literature studies is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across language, linguistic, national, geographic, and discipline, disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role ...

/translation studies.

Works

External links

Dr. Behazad Barkat Gilan University

www.ojs.unisa.edu.au

http://www.ojs.unisa.edu.au
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