Negative Romanticism: An Exploration of a Sense of Isolation in Yushij's Afsaneh

Oroskhan, Mohammed Hussein; Zohdi, Esmaeil

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Negative Romanticism: An Exploration of a Sense of Isolation in Yushij's Afsaneh

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From its beginning in the academic studies during the later nineteenth century, Romanticism has provoked ongoing debates over the nature of its definition. Nonetheless Morse Peckham has satisfactorily settled this matter by indicating that romanticism has dramatically altered the way of thinking therefore it should be distinctively met. For this purpose, he proposed that dealing with the concept of romanticism necessitate dividing it into two concepts of negative and positive romanticism in which a transition is occurred from negative romanticism to positive romanticism however in some cases this transition may not become completed and is lead to the obscure origin of the sense of isolation among various romantic poets. To clearly illustrate Peckham's notion of negative romanticism, it is tried to explore Nima Yushij's Afsaneh who is known to be the most romantic poet of Persian literature. Based upon Peckham's notion of negative romanticism, Nima's sense of despair and isolation in Afsaneh is fully justified and it is highly suggested that Peckham's new perspective toward romanticism can eventually settle the conflicting views on the subject of Romanticism.

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International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (Volume 70)

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30-36

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https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.70.30

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M. H. Oroskhan and E. Zohdi, "Negative Romanticism: An Exploration of a Sense of Isolation in Yushij's Afsaneh", International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, Vol. 70, pp. 30-36, 2016

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June 2016

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Mohammed Hussein Oroskhan, Esmaeil Zohdi

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Negative Romanticism, Positive Romanticism, Sense of Isolation

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