Reflecting the Style of Socio-Political Symbolism in the Poetry of the 40s and the Statues and Symbols of the Tabriz Constitutional House

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Student, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Ghaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ghaemshahr, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Ghaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ghaemshahr, Iran

10.22034/ias.2021.295699.1662

Abstract

In the contemporary period, especially since the 1940s, the growth of the style of symbolism in poetry and art in Iran can be witnessed. Social poetry, with a symbolic tendency, is the most extensive and famous current of contemporary poetry; a poetic-thoughtful flow that has an outstanding contribution in the history of contemporary Iranian literature. The most obvious feature of this flow is the meaningful link between poetry and society. Hence. social-critical poetry finds an obvious manifestation at this point in time; based on this, the human and poetic sensitivity of the poets on the one hand and the tyranny of the Iranian society, on the other hand, lead this group of poets to write social-symbolic poems. By using this method, they can indirectly reflect their protest and discuss their issues by using a literary technique that is symbol which has inherent concealment. In this essay, in a descriptive-analytical way, after analyzing the poems of Nima, Shamlou, Akhawan, Farrokhzad and Shafii Kadkani from this point of view, it is clear that social symbolism is widely reflected in the poems of this group of poets and the social-protest poems of the aforementioned poets and it has played a prominent role in awakening the neglected society of Iran. On the other hand, the use of symbolism style in works of art, such as the houses of this period can also be observed.
Research aims:

The study of social-political symbolism in the poetry of contemporary poets.
Investigating the style of symbolism in the Tabriz Constitutional House.

Research questions:

How has the style of symbolism been used in the poems of contemporary poets?
What symbols have the contemporary poets used or created to express their protest?

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