A comparative study of nostalgia in the poetry of abdel muti hijazi and nima yushij

Abstract

Nostalgia is one of the known subjects in psychology which is in direct relation with memory and recollection. Nostalgia is a longing for good old days and a comparison between past and present. That is why longing for and remembering the past would cause sorrow and grief. What causes sorrow in human beings is their separation from their ideal place, their social, political and cultural situation and in general their undesirable current conditions in life. It can be said that this unconscious behavior is a common feeling among the human beings. The nostalgia is one of the most significant subjects in modern Persian and Arabic poetry. Nima Yushij and Abdel Muti Hijazi are two of those poets that repeatedly utilized the theme of longing for blissful days of the past and remembering them in their poems. Their situation in life, keen intellect and sentiment and their familiarity with many poets and scholars are the motivation that aroused this strong feeling of nostalgia. This study accordingly to study the sources for the theme of sorrow and longing for the past in the poetry of these two we known poets.