*Notes to the Readers

Required Equipment: To read this thesis, a DVD player is needed, and an access to the internet is an advantage.

I have classified my thesis in three volumes.

Volume One: This volume consists of Map of My Metaphisical Journey, A Scholary Overview, an overall “Introduction” to my thesis and the details of “Methodology”.

Volume Two: This volume consists of a series of practice as research work. This includes texts and DVDs which are the end results of a process of a series of thoughts and experiences at the time of making. The texts in this volume, often, duplicate what is said on DVDs.

Volume Three: This volume, “Another Birth”, although not the final stage of my PhD project, is a finalized piece of work which demonstrates the heart of “Translating the Lines”.

This consists of a DVD and an art book of three sections; images and calligraphy, an intuitive analysis of the poem which has provoked the artistic aspect of this work, and a visual literature review.

Literature Review: At the present time, the “Literature Review” is integrated within the body of the work in Volumes Two and Three both, in form of texts and DVDs. It is, however, likely, that a part of the “Literature Review” would form an independent chapter in the future.

The DVDs: consist of expressive writing, photography, videography, performance, and in some cases commentaries and debates which are made on the bases of personal observations, life experiences and academic research.

Website and Weblogs: all relevant links are provided throughout the thesis, and my academic page; http://parvanehfarid-academicprojects.blogspot.com/ provides the reader with a comprehensive online source to this thesis and the relevant pages.