Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 17، number In Volume 1، Apeil 2024 ، issue Number 95

Calling and recreating character in contemporary Persian poetry

Fatemeh Tagavi , Mohammad Ghaderi Moghaddam (Author in Charge), Rajab Fakhraeian

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Calling and re-creating the characters of the past is one of the important issues that has attracted the attention of contemporary writers and has had a wide reflection in their works. Contemporary Persian literature has entered into a serious conversation with classical Iranian literature and has taken full advantage of its advantages such as dynamism and liveliness, emotional richness, depth of meaning, and linguistic harmony and proportion, and some of its attributes - especially poetry after the 8th century. In this article, an attempt is made to analyze and investigate the role and position of historical figures and the quality and method of re-creation by mentioning the examples of character appeal among the poems of Ahmad Shamlou, Mehdi Akhavan Sales and Mohammad Reza Shafiei Kadkani.

METHODOLOGY: According to the subject, the research method is descriptive-analytical and it was done in the way of data collection in library form and using note-taking, and it is considered as a theoretical research.

FINDINGS: According to the findings of this research, some historical figures in the poetry of Ahmed Shamlou, Akhavan Sales, and Shafiei Kadkani are of special importance, such as: Masih, Khezr, Ayoub, Nooh, Soleiman, Jamshid, Rostam, Kay Kavos, Ibrahim, Zardosht, Arash Kamangir, Siavash, Mansour Hallaj, Mazdak, and Esfandiar. As can be seen, these characters can be divided into four religious groups (prophets), mythological (kings and heroes), historical (kings and leaders), and mystical (saints).

CONCLUSION: Meanwhile, Ahmad Shamlou has done the most calling and re-creation of religious figures (prophets). Shamlu has a special interest in the personality of Christ (PBUH) and uses him as a symbol of immortality and fertility. Akhavan, however, has focused most of its attention and interest on the personalities of ancient Iran. The first mythological hero of Akhavan poetry is the Iranian prophet Zoroaster. Shafiei Kadkani also called or recreated mystical, epic and religious characters together. Many times in his poems, he is looking for Mansour Hallaj to once again give meaning to the concepts of bravery and martyrdom. Also, his new look at prophets like Noah is remarkable.

Keyword
Re-creation and recall of personality , contemporary poetry , Ahmad Shamlou , Akhavan Sales , Shafiei Kadkani

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