An Interpretation of the Nostalgic signs in Shirko's poetry

Abstract

  Although nostalgia is primarily a medical term and is associated with psychology, it has been presented in the literary area for centuries. Sherko is one of the great poets of contemporary style in Kurdistan. This brought nostalgia and a special sense of hopelessness to his poetry. Where he described the misery and sadness of being away using different poetic imagery. The signs of nostalgia in the work of Sherko Bekas consist of personal and public nostalgia. This study attempted to evaluate the results of public and private nostalgia in Shirko's works in a descriptive and analytical manner.

In order to show the distinctive characteristics of the theme of the sadness of the past and the sadness of estrangement on the one hand, and then evaluate the psycho-social foundations in the poet’s works on the other hand, and through this, determine the cause of the sadness of the past and the sadness of alienation, which tends more to the popular destination than to the personal feeling.

      The results of this search show the Shirko’s area which holds both types of nostalgia. Personal nostalgia through which Sherko attracted attention to his personal life, as well as social nostalgia in which he has a special social imprint which means a lot to him. But the social nostalgia in Sherko's work is more prominent than personal nostalgia.