Function of Satire in Mirzadeh Eshghi & Ahmad Matar's Poetry

زبان و ادبیات عربی

Article 4, Volume 4, Issue 7, February 2013   

Document Type: research article

DOI: 10.22067/jall.v4i7.19802

Author

Farhad Rajabi^*

Abstract

Satire as a proper means used to introduce humanistic issues, received great attention in modern literature. Like art in which caricature tries to exemplify some specific views prominently, and lead the viewers to particular concepts, in poetry, irony plays a vital role in transferring the ideas. Therefore, the poet does his best to draw the reader's attention toward intended meanings.
This style of writing can be observed in Mirzadeh Eshghi 's works as well as Ahmad Matar 's, in which it plays a sensitive role in stating some crucial concepts and promoting knowledge in addressee and creating suitable atmosphere for social developments , a task not easy to deal with.
This paper displays the characteristics of the concepts in two poets ‘ poetry and investigates the function of satire and its scope of application. The article will then search for some concepts which embody the technique of satire in their poetry through a comparative analysis.

Keywords

satire; Mirzadeh Eshghi; Ahmed Matar; society; thoughts