Investigating the Role and the Position of Women in Bidel Dehlavi’s Sonnets

Subject Areas : Iranian Sociological Review

Naemeh Toluie Eshlaghi ¹ , Reza Fahimi ² , Manijeh Fallahi ³

1 - Ph.D. Student, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Saveh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saveh, Iran
2 - Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Saveh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saveh, Iran
3 - Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Saveh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saveh, Iran

Received: 2023-01-23 Accepted : 2023-02-24 Published : 2023-03-01

Keywords: Bidel Dehlavi, sonnet, Woman, mystical literature,

Abstract :

Literature and poem is a mirror which always reflects the facts existing in different societies and periods. Studying the position of woman is of high importance as one of the fundamental basics of each society. In order to study the type of poet’s view to woman and her different roles, his/her works may be the most important sources. Mawlana Abdul-Qadir Bidel Dehlavi is one of the most distinguished and the biggest Indian poetry poets who has been always considered important by researchers due to the special lingual and spiritual features of his poems. Mystical theme of Bidel’s poems makes poet’s special view to the universe, human and his position important. Recognizing women’s character and nature is recognizing a part of humans’ position in the universe. Despite commitment to the common tradition of misogyny in the literature, Bidel Dehlavi’s sonnets have used women symbols in mystical literature like Layla and Shirin. Symbols with mystical and super-humanistic dimensions and demonstrates true love. The present study aims at investigating Bidel’s view to social and spiritual issues related to woman in his sonnets.