Eventfulness and Different Kinds of Event in Nima's Poem

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1 Professor at Institute for Humanities and Cultural studies, Tehran, Iran.

2 Ph. D. Graduate of Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies,Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Structure refers to a connection between segments of the text so none of them is considered arbitrary or random. One of the main differences between Nimaian Poetry and Persian classic poetry lies in their structure. Persian classical poetry usually lacks one main structure and every single couplet of any poem is more or less independent. This is mainly true about lyric poetry like Qazals not about long and obviously narrative poems like Shahnameh or Khosrow va Shirin. The structure of Nimaian Poetry has not been studied thoroughly yet and what has been emphasized generally is the connection between the images. Certain concepts from postclassical narratology can be used in order to analyze the structure of Nima's poems. In the classic or structuralist narratology genres like fable, short story, and novel which have a strong and obvious narrative aspect were mainly the subject of study. In the postclassical narratology, on the other hand, other genres and media which have not such an obvious narrative aspect and were not studied by the classical narratology, concern the narratologists. For example, postclassical narratology tends to study phenomena such as performative arts, lyric poetry, and even music. Eventfulness is one of the concepts from narratology that can help us to analyze the structure of Nimaian poetry. Event is the crucial turning in the narrative text. The structure of Nima's poems usually is based on a plot that ends in an event. Deviation from schemata determines the level of eventfulness. The concept of schema originally comes from cognitive sciences. Schemata are models that are familiar to minds. There are two kinds of schema: Frame and Script. Frames are static but scripts consist of a sequence of incidents. There are three main kinds of event in poetry: event in happenings, presentation event, and reception event. Nima's poems usually contain an event and exemplify all these three kinds of event.

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Journal of Literary Criticism and Rhetoric
Volume 9, Issue 4 - Serial Number 20
February 2021
Pages 21-38

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  • Receive Date: 22 September 2019
  • Revise Date: 01 September 2020
  • Accept Date: 29 September 2020

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