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Mahdavi Parsa A, Romiani B, Shahbakhsh A. (2026). Images and Imaginaries of Resistance in the Poetry of Qeysar Aminpour and Mahmoud Darwish: A Comparative Analysis of the Symbolic Structure of Resilience. IJER. 5(1),
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1- Department of Persian Language and Literature, Zah.c, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran
2- Department of Persian Language and Literature, Zah. C., Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran ,behroz1359@iau.ac.ir
3- Department of Persian Language and Literature, kha. c, Islamic Azad University, khash, Iran
2- Department of Persian Language and Literature, Zah. C., Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran ,
3- Department of Persian Language and Literature, kha. c, Islamic Azad University, khash, Iran
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Objective: This study examines the structure of images and imaginaries of resistance in the poetry of Qeysar Aminpour and Mahmoud Darwish through the lens of Yuri Lotman’s cultural semiotics.
Methods: A corpus of 64 poetic texts by the two poets was analyzed using an intratextual, comparative, and cultural-analytical approach to clarify the mechanisms of meaning-making in Persian and Arabic resistance poetry.
Results: The analysis shows that core images—such as soil, blood, the palm/olive tree, and the sun—play a central role in shaping the discourse of resistance. In Aminpour’s poetry, these images are associated with presence, hope, and regeneration, reflecting a faith-centered view of humanity and homeland. In contrast, in Darwish’s poetry the same images are framed through memory, absence, and loss, expressing the lived experience of exile and existence within lost or contested borders.
Conclusions: Both poets employ poetic language not merely as a means of emotional expression or protest but as a process of meaning production and the preservation of collective memory. The convergence of Aminpour’s and Darwish’s intellectual horizons suggests a comparative semiotics of resistance in which resistance is continuously reproduced within cultural and semantic frameworks. The study ultimately highlights two distinct orientations: an ontology of presence in Aminpour’s poetry and an ontology of absence in Darwish’s poetry, revealing the deep connection between poetic language and the historical memory of nations.
Methods: A corpus of 64 poetic texts by the two poets was analyzed using an intratextual, comparative, and cultural-analytical approach to clarify the mechanisms of meaning-making in Persian and Arabic resistance poetry.
Results: The analysis shows that core images—such as soil, blood, the palm/olive tree, and the sun—play a central role in shaping the discourse of resistance. In Aminpour’s poetry, these images are associated with presence, hope, and regeneration, reflecting a faith-centered view of humanity and homeland. In contrast, in Darwish’s poetry the same images are framed through memory, absence, and loss, expressing the lived experience of exile and existence within lost or contested borders.
Conclusions: Both poets employ poetic language not merely as a means of emotional expression or protest but as a process of meaning production and the preservation of collective memory. The convergence of Aminpour’s and Darwish’s intellectual horizons suggests a comparative semiotics of resistance in which resistance is continuously reproduced within cultural and semantic frameworks. The study ultimately highlights two distinct orientations: an ontology of presence in Aminpour’s poetry and an ontology of absence in Darwish’s poetry, revealing the deep connection between poetic language and the historical memory of nations.
Type of Study: Original |
Subject:
Educational Studies
Received: 2025/08/25 | Accepted: 2025/10/11 | Published: 2026/03/1
Received: 2025/08/25 | Accepted: 2025/10/11 | Published: 2026/03/1
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