The bird and its symbolic meanings in Muhammad al-Maghut and Ahmad Shamlou's works
Subject Areas : Literary criticism
1 - Arabic department in Payame noor university
Keywords: Ahmad Shamlou, the symbol, the bird, Muhammad al-Maghout,
Abstract :
summary The poets and writers who belong to the symbolic school, take the symbol as a tool to express their thoughts and what they suffer from the fear and pressure that grips their souls as a result of the bad political and social conditions in their societies; Because this approach delivers and saves them from harm and guarantees them safety. It is worth noting that the use of the symbol is a common feature among the majority of poets and is not specific to one country without another; Because it is a tool of expression and the tool is not determined It is not surprising that we see a poet in Europe, for example, expressing his pain using the symbol, and another poet in Africa using that symbol in his works. And this is what we see in the works of Muhammad al-Maghout, the contemporary Syrian poet, and Ahmad Shamlou, the contemporary Iranian poet, both of whom pioneered the prose poem in their country. In addition to the symbols, we see common content between these two poets - despite the distance and the difference in language –. This article will discuss the symbol of the bird as a common symbol between these two poets and show its symbolic meanings in their works in an analytic-descriptive and bibliographic manner.
