The Village in Contemporary Persian Poetry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9980100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fatemeh Shams (0000-0002-9966-731X, California University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 455-477 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iranian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00210862.2018.1431045 |
| OpenAlex | W2791963399 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This paper explores the ever-shifting symbiosis between the village motif, social justice and populist politics in Iran over the past three decades. The village has remained a recurring motif in Persian literature, employed by a variety of writers and state institutions for a range of means. As a symbol, it has been a conduit into which any ideology can be poured; the village allegory can be manipulated to both condemn and support the official policies of the state. A comparison of Iran’s pre- and post-revolutionary literature sheds light on the ways the state literati perpetuated an idealized picture of the village as an authentic, sacred space, increasingly associated with religious nationalism during the 1980s. The paper examines the key socio-political influences on the evolution of the pastoral motif, the work of state-sponsored official poets, and the impact of the village on the cultural doctrine of the Islamic Republic
Aesthetics · Allegory · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Ideology · Islam · Literature · Motif (music · Nationalism · Persian · Poetry · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Turkey's Politics and Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |