Ph.D. Dissertation:

A Comparative Study of Social Themes in the Poems of Nader Naderpour٫ Amir Hoshang Ebtehaj٫ Ahmad Shamloo

Comparative literature is one of the knowledge that has become a comprehensive and controversial debate in recent centuries. This type of literature is very useful for encouraging and tending different nations to the literature and culture of other nations.In addition, comparative literature reveals the literary individuality of each nation and, somehow, explores what belongs to a nation, a culture, and even a person.Therefore, research in this regard causes the growth and flourishing of culture and, more importantly, becomes a real examine for the poets and writers of a nation.In addition to comparative literature, the sociology of literature is important, which shows the influence of poets and writers in society and social issues. In this research, the social themes of poetry and language of Ahmad Shamloo , Nader Naderpour , Amir Houshang Ebtehaj are compared in terms of comparative literature and societies of these three poets. Literature, and especially contemporary poetry, is a reflection of the images of the society of its time. Although these images are brief, but with reflection and accuracy and bringing them together, they express different manifestations of social issues and convey a deep analysis of the understanding of society and literary works to the reader. By examining social issues in the poems of these three precious poets, who are contemporary poets and have popular works, the author, It tries to show the ground for a better understanding of the time and society of these poets and their views towards society and their sensitivity to society. In the first chapter of this dissertation, the definitions and generalities mentioned in the second chapter are considered as theoretical foundations related to the study of social themes .The third chapter is dedicated to expressing the social issues of the above-mentioned poets and their desired concepts, and in the fourth chapter, some prominent social concepts have been selected and a comparative study of social themes in the poetry of these three contemporary poets has been done. The fifth chapter of this dissertation is dedicated to concluding and answering research questions. Finally, in this research, it becomes clear that each of these three poets has paid attention to social themes what social themes.

Keywords: Comparative Analysis of Themes, Societies, Contemporary Poetry, Ahmad Shamloo , Nader Naderpour, Ami