Mysticism Studies in Literature

mystical themes in Hossein Monzavi's sonnets

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

hosna mohamadzade 1
reza rouhani 2

1 PhD student in Persian language and literature, Kashan University

2 Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Foreign Languages, Kashan University, Kashan, Iran

10.22054/msil.2024.78701.1105
Abstract
Hossein Monzavi is a poet who has brought major changes in the field of Ghazal and is considered among the innovators of this field. An important part of his thoughts regarding God, man and the universe is hidden in the depths of isolated sonnets, but factors such as the lack of mysticism in the contemporary era and his unassumingness in the field of mysticism have created the impression that he is a purely romantic poet. The present essay, with the descriptive-analytical method and with the aim of formulating the spiritual thoughts reflected in the isolated sonnet, has investigated how he looked at mystical topics and has extracted and recorded the attitude of this poet about each of the examples of mysticism from among his sonnets. The findings of the research indicate that concepts such as the necessity of self-knowledge, freedom from attachments, tolerance of suffering, belief in the covenant of trust, the importance of leaving the world and sensuality, patience, gratitude, submission and satisfaction, belief in the unity of existence, the superiority of love to reason, in the sonnets. He is seen and his love oscillates between permission and truth. The high frequency of mystical concepts and its significant emotional impact show that these concepts are not only a means of thematization and expressive games and have taken an important part of the poet's mental concerns, but they are completely consistent with what he saw in the mystical tradition of Persian poetry. It can be, it is not; Therefore,

Keywords

Key words: mystical themes
contemporary poetry
sonnet
Hossein Monzavi
Subjects
Mysticism Studies in Literature
Volume 3, Issue 5
No 3 (Spring and Summer 2024)
November 2024
Pages 223-256

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