Given the profound linguistic, cultural, religious, historical, and geographical ties between Iran and Tajikistan, their literature has maintained a deep and enduring connection. In the contemporary era, anti-authoritarian and anti-colonial movements, as well as numerous wars that have occurred in both countries, have created stable streams and branches of poetry in the field of literature in both countries, Iran and Tajikistan. This research tries to review the literature of Iran and Tajikistan in the 20th Century while recognizing the currents of stable poetry in these two countries and analyzing these currents and their various branches with a comparative and comparative approach using a descriptive-analytical method.
Research method and scope
This research is a theoretical exploration aimed at better understanding the currents of stable poetry in the Persian language. Based on this, it can be classified as a group of theoretical research using analytical and descriptive methods.
This research collects information mostly from documentaries, and the analysis of the collected information is based on the comparative literature approach of the American school.
This research has analyzed contemporary Persian poetry in Iran and Tajikistan from the era of awakening and constitutionalism to the mid-nineties from the perspective of resistance poetry.
Research findings
The results of the present research show that the flow of sustainability poetry in the contemporary era began with the emergence of the awakening and constitutionalism movement in Iran and the education (maref parvari) and newism (jadidiye) movement in Tajikistan, with branches such as Islamic internationalism, nationalist sustainability poetry, socialist sustainability poetry, and sustainability poetry. Religious poetry, poetry of the Islamic Revolution (in Iran), poetry of war, and poetry of holy defense (in Iran), which are very similar in form and content, continued until the mid-nineties in both countries. Tajik nationalist poetry, characterized by its emphasis on the Tajik language, historically opposed Uzbek pan-Turkism. During the Soviet era, however, some Tajik poetry focused on the Soviet Union rather than Tajikistan itself. War poetry in Tajikistan was formed with anti-fascism poetry at the time of Nazi Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union and reached the civil war on the eve of this country’s independence. However, in Iran, the poetry of war has been manifested after Saddam attacked the Islamic Republic of Iran and in the poetry of holy defense. The influence of the poetry of the Islamic revolution and Shia teachings after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the independence of Tajikistan is evident in several young Tajik poets.