Comparative study of Ghada al-Samman and Simin Behbahani’s lyric poems

Subject Areas : شعر

Mehrali Yazdanpanah ¹ (Department of Persian Literature, Ghaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ghaemshahr, Iran.)
Sepideh Motevalli ² (Department of Persian Literature, Tehran Payamenoor University, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2012-10-17 Accepted : 2012-10-17 Published : 2011-12-01

Keywords: Female literature, غاد السّمان, سیمین بهبهانی, تغزّل, شعر عاشقانه, ادبیات زنانه, Ghada al-Samman, Simin Behbahani, lyric poetry, Love poem,

Abstract :

In this paper with the title of “Comparative study of Ghada al-Samman and Simin Behbahani’s lyric poems” is trying to answer this question “what differences and similarities are there between Ghada al-Samman and Simin Behbahani’s lyric poems?” Ghada al-Samman is considered as the perfect representative of the new female  iterature (women’s literature) and its specific type, i.e. feminine lyrical literature in Arabic literature. Simin Behbahani has been also known as one of the representatives of this new flow as well as the lady of the Iranian lyrics. Language and unique feminine feeling are among the most important features of the romances of these two poets.