The Artistic Structure of Committed Poetry in Modern Kurdish Literature (1975-1990)

Abstract

Poetry in general, and committed poetry particularly, has an essential role and great impact in the social reform process. This type of poetry is considered a good medium for expressing various social, economic, and political issues additionally finding appropriate solutions for each of them. Committed poetry is an instrument interested in depicting moral and political issues from an aesthetic perspective and embodying them in a distinct artistic structure to convey an effective message and positive change that reflects its goals and features. This research investigates committed poetry in modern Kurdish literature and sheds light on its artistic structure. It also aims to analyze the artistic elements of committed poetry through this stage and review how the elements of the artistic structure interact with the content of obligation, through models of selected poetic texts in modern Kurdish literature to elaborate on the extent of the influence of committed poetry on the structure of modern poetry at this stage. This research consists of two main sections, each dealing with the relationship between committed poetry and the artistic structure through two basic perspectives: the linguistic structure and the structure of the artistic image.