volume Number 9، number In Volume 2، Summer 2016 ، issue Number 32

Fada'i accomplished comedian but contemporary unknown

omid majd (Author in Charge), SH.samsami

Abstract

Humor is representation of life and community"s problems (bitter facts) in a sweet language, so that rulers and people seek to reform their society and behavior and includes works whose serious representation is difficult or in some situations impossible. This literary type has been long used in Persian literature. Some of great humor and satire writers of Persian literature include Obeide Zakani, Sa"di, afez, and Beshagh At"ame. In contemporary literature, humor has preserved its high position and has even strengthened it regarding modern issues and different relations between people.One of the contemporary poets, whose famous humorous, social, and critical collection of poems with the name of "Labkhande Kavir[1]" is a valuable literary work, is Mohammad Hussein Fadai (1304-1393 solar year) who is a less educated but wide-awake poet from Tabas. He has applied humor in different issues and based on different methods in order to make audience laugh, express social-critical issues, and challenge people as well as professions. The important point in his speech is observance of the limits. He tries to express problems without insulting others and therefore, he moves toward social mobility. In the present article the poet and his works are introduced after which the functions of humor are investigated in Fadai"s poetry. Then a brief comparison is done between some aspects shared in his poetry and famous humor journals of his time which can indicate his high position in this field. Nevertheless, lack of facilities in this city and its far distance from capital"s literary atmosphere has led to obscurity of this great poet.

Keyword
Mohammad Hussein Fadai , Labkhande Kavir , critical and social poetry