Animism and mythological approach in the poetry of ten child and adolescent poets
Subject Areas : Comparative Literature Studies
Abbas Baghinejad
1
,
Barat Mohamadi
2
1 - Associated Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Urmia branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran. (coresponding auther)
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Urmia branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran
Keywords: Myth, Animism, children's poetry, anthropomorphism, children's poets,
Abstract :
The boundless imagination and emotional world of children provide a platform for creating spaces and creatures that are not dissimilar to the mythological creations of ancient times or those created in the world of myths. This childish ability has always been of interest and use to children's and young adult poets who, through the use of anthropomorphism, consciously or unconsciously, have depicted the common outputs of children's mentality and the world of myths. The result of this approach is the development of a type of anthropomorphic poetry based on a mythical mentality in children's poetry, which in this study has been analyzed and described based on the works of ten poets. Research findings indicate that poets have taken into account the emotional attachment of children to nature in this field. Unconsciously, influenced by the pattern of mythology and ancient anthropomorphism, the poets employed the technique of anthropomorphism in a particular way tuned to childish imagination. Therefore, they are able to represent the phenomena and manifestations of nature anthropomorphously providing a basis for emotional recognition of natural elements and objects for child audiences.
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