نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
This article investigates and analyzes the depiction of women in Ivan Bunin’s poetry during the early twentieth century, emphasizing the representation of both specific women (archetypal, mythical, symbolic) and ordinary Eastern women. The analyses demonstrate that within these poems, women surpass mere physical attractiveness and fragility, emerging as symbols of emotion, vitality, strength, and the mythopoetic essence of the East. They are occasionally portrayed as pure and gentle, while at other times as alluring and commanding, with their presence intricately connected to nature and the environment. The portrayal of women integrates religious, mythological, and erotic-ethnographic motifs, as exemplified in poems such as The God of Noon, By the Black Nubian Huts, Elburz, The Roses of Shiraz, Ishtar, The Goddess, The Spell, The Slave Girl, In the Groves of Urvela, The Wife of Aziz, Feska, With the Monkey, In the Nubian Bazaar, The Bride, among others. The research method involves textual and comparative analysis, emphasizing the language, imagery, and descriptive style associated with women to examine the role of myth and symbolism in shaping space and meaning. The findings suggest that the depiction of women in Bunin’s poetry extends beyond mere physical appeal, elevating them to symbols of myth, catalysts of life, and representations of human intricacy. The representation of women, both as archetypes and as common figures, conveys cultural, historical, and cross-cultural messages, illustrating the interplay of myth, symbolism, and social realities within Bunin’s poetry. This analysis highlights that Bunin’s poetry, through the integration of aesthetic, symbolic storytelling, and mythological components, offers a complex and dynamic image of women in harmony with nature and the broader environment.
کلیدواژهها English