volume Number 11، number In Volume 2، Summer 2018 ، issue Number 40

Identification of the Extent and the Way Slangs and Irony used in Poetry during Qajar Period Through Investigation of Works of Ten Poets and Relying Mostly on Iraj Mirza’s Works

Zahra Esfandiary Poor, ahmad khatami(Author in Charge)

Abstract

Definitely, the quality of literature in any period entirely depends on the political and social circumstances of that period. The poets in Qajar period were pioneers and the most popular contemporary poets in Iran. The most part of popular literature includes slangs and irony which are popular among people; and as the language of such terms is specially the language of ordinary people, it is colloquial. The works of such poets are intellectual assets of nation and social heritage of a tribe or society; thus, they shouldn"t be ignored. For identification of slangs and irony in poetry, the present study investigated nearly 876.141 lines of works of poets of Qajar period including Saba, Vesal, Qaani Shirazi, Foroughi Bastami, Yaghma Jandaghi, Soroush Isfahani, Iraj Mirza, Fathollah Khan Sheibani, Mahmood Khan Maleko Shoara, and Shorideh Shirazi; the findings demonstrated that Iraj Mirza by using 927 slangs in his works was ranked the first and Forougi Bastami by using 61 slangs was ranked the last among other poets. The authors of present study attempted to investigate the application of slangs and irony in Iraj Mirza works in detail in order to provide useful insights for those who love Persian Literature.

Keyword
popular literature , Iraj Mirza; slangs; popular i

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