A Comparative Study of Utopian Thoughts in the Poems of Nima Yooshij and Walt Whitman

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1 Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Human Science, Bu Ali Sina University of Hamadan, Hamedan, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Human Science, Bu Ali Sina University of Hamadan, Hamedan, Iran.

Abstract

The idea of ​​utopia is to describe and aspirate the emergence of an ideal society in which all human values ​​are fully realized, and all of which are peaceful in peace with thought and wisdom, has a long history . It can be argued that the ultimate and supposed goal of all religions and goverments in the history of achieving such a community has been. It is not surprising, therefore, that this idea has long been considered by philosophers and thinkers of the world, and the great figures such as Plato and Thomas Moore in the Western world and Farabi in the Eastt have identified each of their points of view as their coordinates. In the present study, the ideals of Nima Yushi and Walt Whitman, as representatives of the East and West of the World, which have undergone tremendous developments at the turn of the twentieth century, have been studied and adapted

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Research in Contemporary World Literature
Volume 25, Issue 2
March 2021
Pages 514-539

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