Analysis of the discourse of protest poetry in the poetry of Ahmad Shamloo and Siavash Kasraei (based on the analysis of the discourse of Laclau and Mouffe)

Subject Areas : Comparative Literature Studies

Laleh Erfanian ¹ , mahdi novrooz ² , BATOOL FAKHR -E- ESLAM ³ , Farzad Abbasi ⁴

1 - Department of Persian Language and Literature, Neishabour Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neishabour, Iran.
2 - President of Sobhan Institue of Higher Education ,Neyshabur, Iran.
3 - Department of Persian Language and Literature, Islamic Azad University, Neishabour Branch, Neishabour, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Neishabour Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neishabour, Iran.

Received: 2021-08-29 Accepted : 2021-08-29 Published : 2021-08-23

Keywords: protest, Discourse Analysis, modern poetry, Ahmad Shamlou, Siavash Kasrai,

Abstract :

The main issue in discourse analysis is the transition from explaining linguistic data to effective processes in discourse formation. The effort is on to investigate the characteristics and protest aspects of two contemporary poets, Shamlou and Kasraei, based on the descriptive-analytical approach and based on the model of Laclau and Mouffe's discourse analysis. As a poet, Shamlou does not accept the established social order, His political and social goals gradually lead to a simple philosophical and revolutionary worldview. However, Kasraei is not as disappointed with social change as poets like the Third Brotherhood, nor is he as pleased with philosophical and social propositions as Shamlou, but he is a committed poet in every sense of the word.Based on the elements involved in Laclau and Moffe's discourse theory, it can be said that Shamlou was inherently a poet incompatible with the spirit of his time. Shamlou's poetry considered all the vital elements of society to be a distorted construction of the ideological realms of political sovereignty, Therefore, protest in such a society is considered a sacred movement. On the other hand, Kasraei's allegorical and symbolic initial approach, and finally his revolutionary and guerrilla poetry, made him a supporter and encourager of a socialist and popular revolution. Based on this, the present study tries to study of Laclau and Mouffe's analysis discourse, namely articulation, identity, conflict and alienation, hegemony and mythology in the poems of these two important poets of contemporary Iranian history.