A Comparative Reading of Apocalyptic Vision in Badr Shakir al-Sayyab & Forough Farrokhzad’s Poetry

زبان و ادبیات عربی

Article 3, Volume 5, Issue 8, August 2013   

Document Type: research article

DOI: 10.22067/jall.v5i8.24193

Author

Ahmad Reza Heidarian Shahri^*

Abstract

Badr Shakir al- Sayyab)1926-1964)the Iraqi poet ,known as the pioneer of new movement in Arabic poetry, is famous for his extensive use of symbols and myths in his works ,some of which are related to apocalyptic views. In modern Persian literature Forough Farrokhzad )1313-1345( is considered one of the most prominent poets in the realm of apocalyptic literature. The present article , a descriptive-comparative research aims at the delineation of apocalyptic viewpoints in Sayyab’s ode: “The Dream of Year 1956” and Farrokhzad’s “Terrestrial Verses”. It describes the two poets’ approach to apocalyptic ideas and compares their apocalyptic vision in its similarity and variety and explains the symbols and allusions used in two works.The results of the research display that the two poets depicted the disastrous crisis of the end of the time and they both emphasized the catastrophic events of human societies. What makes a distinctive differentiation between the two odes is the poet’s final vision which is optimistic in Sayyab’s poem and pessimistic in Farrokhzad’s ode.

Keywords

: apocalypse؛ “The Dream of Year1956”؛ “Terrestrial Verses” al-Sayyab؛ Farrokhzad; disaster.؛