Modernism and Ideology in Persian Literature

This book examines the concept of nature in the poetry of Nim Yushij (1895-1960), the founder of modern Persian poetry. The study discusses how nature is used both as an ideological device for new metrics, and as a source of inspiriation for nature poetry. Concepts of ideology, utopia, modernism, discourse, and nature help define Nim's poetry in a historical and analytical examination of this important poet's innovations in Persian literature.

Acknowledgments

v

(2)

About the Author

vii

Chapter 1: The Five Catchwords

1

(6)

Chapter 2: Historical Background

7

(6)

Chapter 3: Nature as an Ideological Device

13

(58)

1. The Principle of Nature in Retrospect

13

(4)

2. Afsaneh: A Romantic Love

17

(13)

3. Father and the Fatherland

30

(8)

4. Letters from a "City of the Dead"

38

(8)

5. A Decline

46

(3)

6. Towards a New Prosody

49

(7)

7. From Romanticism to Realism

56

(15)

Chapter 4: Nature Poetry

71

(50)

1. The Concept of Nature in Retrospect

71

(5)

2. Nima's Poetry: A Typology

76

(5)

3. The Poet of the Tati Language

81

(10)

4. Night Poems

91

(8)

5. Two Types of Birds

99

(5)

6. Nature Poetry

104

(17)

Chapter 5: Further Developments

121

(12)

1. The Discourse of "The People"

121

(6)

2. Nature Poetry after Nima

127

(6)

Bibliography

133

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Modernism and Ideology in Persian Literature A Return to Nature in the Poetry of Nima Yushij

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