Romantic Voice in Three Contemporary Ghazals

جستارهای نوین ادبی

Article 2, Volume 46, Issue 3 - Serial Number 182, November 2013, Pages 27-46   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/jls.v46i3.15565

Authors

Farrokh Latifnejad^* ; Mahdokht Pourkhaleghi Chatroodi

Abstract

In linguistics, the relation between syntax and thought is expressed by verbs and their relationship with subjects, objects and predicates. This link, in turn, creates grammatical voices such as active, passive and so on. Grammatical voice indicates the writer's attitudes towards and viewpoints on a subject and reflects his/her mental and spiritual state. Grammatical voice can be employed to compare the moods of different poets. In this article, we seek to examine and compare the grammatical voice in three ghazals by Ebtehaj, Naderpour and Farrokhzad and relate it to the School Romanticism using statistical analysis. These ghazals are an imitation of one of Sa’di's poems. Results indicate that in the chosen poem the active voice is used more because of the conversation taking place between the lover and the beloved. Farrokhzad has used newer language strategies in her poem as compared with the other two.

Keywords

grammatical voice; contemporary ghazal; active voice; passive voice; Romanticism