Ph.D. Dissertation:

Content analysis of Ashura poems of contemporary poetry

From the past to the present, attention to religious concepts and values in Persian poetry has had and still has a special place. From the beginning of Islam, Persian poets have sought to reflect the themes, ideas and events related to the religion of Islam in their poems. One of the most prominent and important events in the history of Islam that poets in different eras have paid special attention to is the event of Ashura. The uprising of Imam Hussein (AS) and his martyrdom are so effective that addressing this theme and this great event in contemporary Persian poetry has been and is widely reflected. Contemporary poets, especially poets after the Islamic Revolution of Iran, have explained the various dimensions of this event in many of their Ashura poems and poems. In this research, which has been done in a descriptive-analytical manner, we have tried to analyze contemporary Ashura poems and examine the hidden angles of this historical event in the poetry of these poets. The results of the present study show that poets in the processing of Ashura poems and poems to themes such as propagating the culture of martyrdom, introducing the characters of the Ashura event, symbolism, processing the Ashura event using aesthetic elements such as metaphor, simile, etc., expressing epic ideas and .. Comments.

Keywords: Analysis, Contemporary Literature, Ashura Poetry, Promoting the Culture of Martyrdom, Symbol