An Investigation into the Components of Literary Realism in the Voqu’ school (A Case Study of Mohtasham Kashani's Romantic Poems in the Jalaliyyah and Noql-e Oshshaq Treatises)

Document Type : مقالات علمی پژوهشی

Authors
tahere jani 1
Mohammad Taghi Jahani 2
Alireza Asadi 3
1 Ph.D. in Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.
3 Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.
Abstract
Mohtasham Kashani, a 10th-century poet, although primarily renowned for his famous twelve-stanza elegy for Imam Hussein (PBUH), also composed panegyrics and love poems. His most significant love poems are found in the two treatises, Jalaliyeh and Naql-e Oshshaq, written regarding his devotion to two individuals. This research aims to examine the components of the literary school of Realism in the love poems of these treatises, utilizing a descriptive-analytical method and library-based data collection. The findings indicate that the primary components of literary Realism in Mohtasham’s love poems include detailing, the discovery and expression of reality, distancing from ambiguity as an imaginative factor, avoiding fantasy, and maintaining a spectator-like perspective toward events. This study, by moving beyond traditional perspectives that identify Mohtasham solely as a religious poet, proves that by linking the text with the objective realities of his era, Mohtasham achieved a realistic reproduction of human emotions.
Keywords
The Intersection of the Literary School of Realism and the Vuqu Schoolm, The Poetry of Mohtasham Kashani, Mohtasham’s Jalaliyeh Treatise, Mohtasham’s Noql-e Oshshaq Treatise , Persian Poetry of
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Literary Research
Volume 23, Issue 91
Spring 2026
Pages 9-32