The Concept of Pain and Suffering in Ghadat alSamman and Forough Farrokhzad’s Poetry

Subject Areas : شعر

Effat Naderinejad ¹ , Mostafa Gorji ²

1 - Instructor & Editor at Payame Noor University
2 - professor at Payame Noor University.

Received: 2014-04-18 Accepted : 2014-04-18 Published : 2013-08-01

Keywords: Arabic, poetry, Persian, Pain, suffering, Ghada al-Samman, فروغ فرخزاد, غم و اندوه, درد و رنج, غادة‌السَّمّان, Forough Farrokhzad,

Abstract :

Pain and suffering are among the tragic aspects of life. Alongside with death, isolation, freedom, and guilt, they are part of the possible fate of all people. This problem is reflected in art and literature, especially feminist literature which should be analyzed independently. On the other hand, the comparison of various nations’ literature, authors, and genres helps one discover the nature and origins of universal and common human thoughts and emotions. Thus the researchers intend to evaluate and analyze the subject of pain and suffering in contemporary literature particularly in the works of two female poets, Ghada al-Samman and Forough Farrokhzad, as representatives of Arabic and Persian literature. This study approaches the concept and ontology of pain and suffering, respectively. Here, the Researchers attempt to categorize the concept of pain and suffering based on their nature, existence, purpose, and function in order to discover their possible causes and outlets.