Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 16، number In Volume 11، February 2024 ، issue Number 93

A child's poem as a genre

Nasrin Alsadat Zolfeghari , Mohammad Javad Mahdavi (Author in Charge)

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Undoubtedly, genre is the oldest topic in the field of literary criticism. Genre has many examples that work in a specific collection in terms of form, content and culture. It also indicates a special type of phenomenon with special features and special roles. Historical and literary classification or periodization between different examples is one of the functions of genre. The important issue in the genre approach is to identify the form, content and function characteristics of the work. This research has typified the children"s poems of Kihan Bechaha magazine with the children"s genre approach. With the typology of children"s poems, we achieved a conceptual model whose framework is formed by form and content. In recognizing the form, we achieved the pictorial system, the musical system, and the linguistic system of the poems. And in understanding the content, we reached 6 categories in the following order: praise, nature and elements of nature, instruction _ educational, political _ social, fun and games, and children"s wishes and desires. The children"s poems belong to the beginning of the publication year of January 1956 until the end of the first half of 1981.

METHODOLOGY: The research method of our research is descriptive-analytical.

FINDINGS: The findings show that in the poems before the revolution, classical and praise themes with uplifting and entertaining functions have the highest frequency, and in the poems after the 1978 revolution, the form of new poems and social political themes with an educational function have the highest frequency.

CONCLUSION: In the current research, the identification and classification of children"s poems have been done with the genre approach. In the form section, based on the data analysis, it has been determined that in the pre-revolutionary poems, classical form and praise themes with uplifting and entertaining functions have the highest frequency; But in the poems after the revolution, the form of poems with socio-political themes and educational function has the most frequency. These results show that with the change of social and political conditions, the content of children"s songs has also changed and the genre of children"s songs has also been affected by these changes. As a result of this research, it can help to improve knowledge and understanding of children"s literature and educational programs for children and teenagers.

Keyword
Genre , Children literature , Kayhan Bacheha magazine.

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