Investigating the content characteristics of the school of individual romanticism in the poems of Wasif Bakhti

Subject Areas : Comparative Literature Studies

Alireza Ebrahimabadi ¹ , Mahmoud SadeghzadeH ² , Hadi Heidarinia ³

1 - PhD student in Persian language and literature, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran. (Corresponding author)
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran

Received: 2023-04-08 Accepted : 2023-04-23 Published : 2023-12-21

Keywords: contemporary poetry, : Contemporary literature of Afghanistan, individual romanticism, literary schools, Wasif Bakhtri,

Abstract :

Romanticism is a literary, artistic and philosophical school that emerged in the West in the late 18th century and early 19th century in the field of literature; Then he influenced other societies and produced influential and valuable works in the field of prose and poetry. The most important features of this school are the use of remote and unknown places, the depiction of mysterious situations, the reflection of the author's inner sadness and depression, the expression of individual feelings and emotions, the lack of attention to rationality and the use of imagination. Many poets in the contemporary period were influenced by the school of romanticism in different ways. Wasif Bakhtri is one of the contemporary Afghan poets who can be considered as a symbol of contemporary Afghan poetry. Wasif has an unattainable position in the contemporary poetry of Afghanistan with his unique coverage of ancient Persian literature and mastery of contemporary Persian literature and new poetry. This research, in a descriptive-analytical way and with library tools, tries to describe and explain Wasef's use of the school of individual romanticism. The results of the research indicate that the components of the school of individual romanticism can be observed in Wasif's poems. Among the many characteristics of individual romanticism, Wasif is more inclined towards naturalism. After that, lyrical themes such as love, imagination and image, nostalgia, sadness, loneliness, despair and hopelessness have a more obvious expression.