Research Journal of Poetry and Story Currents in Contemporary Literature of Iran

Research Journal of Poetry and Story Currents in Contemporary Literature of Iran

An exploration of the image of the homeland in the poems of Salah Abdul Sabur and Houshang Ebtehaj

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
sakine saremi geravi 1
hossein seyedi 2
1 PhD in Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
2 Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
10.22034/pmlj.2026.13924.1015
Abstract
Patriotism represents love for the homeland, which stems from love and affection for the motherland and is rooted in the defense of water, soil and ancestors, and often creates good loyalty and attachment of individuals to national culture and traditions and support of the people of that land. Love for the homeland has always been reflected in the writings and poems of writ a contemporary Persian poet, portrayed the issue of the homeland in eloquent language and eloquent language. The hypothesis of this research is that these two contemporary Arab and Persian poets are nationalist and in addition to the homeland, they have similar topics such as freedom-seeking, oppression and so on. It should be noted that this research is based on library resources and analytical-descriptive method. The purpose of this research, while introducing these two poets, is to study the issue of homeland in a prominent way and related
Keywords
Comparative Literature
Salah Abdul Sabur
Houshang Ebtehaj
Watan
Research Journal of Poetry and Story Currents in Contemporary Literature of Iran
Volume 4, Issue 1
September 2025
Pages 129-139