Investigating the shadow archetype in didar dar shab forough's poem

Subject Areas : journal of literary criticism and stylistics research

mehran alivand ¹ (Ph.D. student of Persian language and literature of Shahid Beheshti University)
kazem dezfoolian ² (Professor of Persian language and literature at Shahid Beheshti University)

Received: 2023-10-03 Accepted : 2023-10-03 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: Archetype, shadow, Collective Unconscious, Forough, Chehre ye shegeft,

Abstract :

Shadow is the of Jungian archetypes. Archetype has an ancient and eternal concept. And it considers as the common language among all human beings. Archetype places in collective unconscious. Shadow is the sinner and unprocessed dimension of us that deals whit our defects and incompleteness. Also it is origin of creation and prosperity. Archetypes specially shadow usually appears in dream s or creative work of literature. In some parts of forough's poems we can see the traes of shadow. Chehre ye shegeft (the amazing face) has features of shadow. Forough e this rejected and ruined face that had no clear appearance at night and talked to it, and the shadow took the chance for telling the truth that always been hidden.