Sociological analysis of the weaknesses of the lyric language of Farokhi Sistȃni's lyrics

Abstract

Farokhi Sistȃni is one of the poets whose lyrics contain the features of some of the important social classes. In this article, those propositions of his lyrics which faintly show the emotive aspects of the relationship between the lover and the beloved are regarded as an indication of the weaknesses of his lyric language. Such features as the preference of dominance over beloved, the preference of lover to beloved, and indication of unnatural love cause his lyric language to be weakened, which is itself under the influence of the fundamental social and historical structures of his own era. The presence of such a kind of love in his language consequently leads to the creation of non-lyric propositions in his poetry. However, such social propositions in his lyrics-which are not in accord with the lyric norms- could not be solely interpreted as an individual behavior, but a representation of the behavior of a total social class, an issue which is explainable on the basis of the social and historical reality of the era. Based on the prevalent viewpoints of sociology of literature, and analyzing the poetic propositions, the author is to show the relationship between Farokhi's lyric language and the total structure of his society.