The Effect of Nima Yushij's 'Afsaneh (Myth)' Verse Collection on Modern Lyric Poetry

摘要

Ali Esfandyari whose penname is Nima Yushij has created a significant change in Persian poetry by composing poetry and propounding his literary theories., in such a way that all of the contemporary poetic trends and all of the famous poets in this area are among his followers, imitators, or the poets whom are influenced by Nima's poetry and theories. Modern lyric poetry is considered as one of the important trends of the contemporary poetry the emergence and propagation of which is indebted to Nima's Afsaneh Verse Collection. Afsaneh does not deny all of the components of classic poetry, but corrects or completes some of its aspects. The poet's change of attitude and view about being and love, employing dramatic elements and novel words, as well as exploiting natural elements for expressing internal and mental moods of characters are among the most important components to which the new lyric poets paid attention. In the present study, the characteristics of Afsaneh, the effective aspects of this collection on modern lyric poetry and the components of this trend have been studied.