Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930) is one of the well known poets of the 20th century and Russian futurism. Similar to Italy and other European countries, futurism in Russia was the messenger of modernism and revolution in the arts, society and politics. The futurist poets were trying to give their message to the addressee. Mayakovski as a futurist poet was not excluded from this rule. Among his works, the poem "The Cloud in Pants," is known as one of the important futuristic works which conveys the ideology of Mayakovsky and is studied by famous literary reviewers. In this article the evolution of Mayakovsky's point of view, during writing the poem "The Cloud in Pants" is studied by surveying all four chapters of this poem. Furthermore, important problems such as Love, social structure, art, religion and the necessity for change and revolution in society which are of the main concerns of the poets in the mentioned poem, is investigated. The aim of this article is to describe these concerns, their origin and the reason for their representation in the "The Cloud in Pants".
Mohammadi, Z. (2012). "The Cloud in Pants": An Outstanding Example of Russian Futurist Poetry. Research in Contemporary World Literature, 17(2), 167-177. doi: 10.22059/jor.2012.50890
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Zahra Mohammadi. ""The Cloud in Pants": An Outstanding Example of Russian Futurist Poetry", Research in Contemporary World Literature, 17, 2, 2012, 167-177. doi: 10.22059/jor.2012.50890
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Mohammadi, Z. (2012). '"The Cloud in Pants": An Outstanding Example of Russian Futurist Poetry', Research in Contemporary World Literature, 17(2), pp. 167-177. doi: 10.22059/jor.2012.50890
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Mohammadi, Z. "The Cloud in Pants": An Outstanding Example of Russian Futurist Poetry. Research in Contemporary World Literature, 2012; 17(2): 167-177. doi: 10.22059/jor.2012.50890
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