Ayesha: a mythological love of Khayyam and its symbolic implications near Abdol Wahab Bayati
Faramarz-e Mirzaei,Associate Professor, Bualisina Universiti
Khalil Parvini,Associate Professor, Tarbyiat Modarres University
Abstract:
Application of myth and symbol as means of expression is considered as the most rational artistic phenomena which are applied by contemporary poets in their innovative poetic experiences. Mystical (theosophist) symbols have had strong reflection in modern Arabic poetry and in this respect Khayyam, with abundance of myths in his modern Arabic poems, has an important place in this field. Adol Wahab Bayati (a contemporary Iraqi poet) is considered part of that group of poets who have been influenced by Khayyam and his thoughts. Bayati, himself, has utilized ‘Ayesha’ (a mythological love of Khyyam) as a symbol for explaining his internal apprehensions. In the implication and lingual expression of Bayati’s poems, Ayesha has been transformed as a symbol for eternal love, immortal and revolutionary life, as a myth for all human values as well as a myth for resurrection and rebirth.
Apart from critical and aesthetic insight on the particular issue, the present paper tries to study this aspect through comparative literature based on French school.
Keywords: Abdol Wahab Bayati, myth of Ayesha, Khayyam, Symbolism