Analysis of Victor Frankl's theory of semantic therapy in the works of Ahmad Shamloo and Mehdi Akhavan Sales

The purpose and meaning of life is currently one of the most difficult and important questions for human beings. Today, answering this question and addressing this issue is felt more than ever. Victor Frankl is a theorist who has answered this question through his difficult experiences. In his doctrine, which is called "meaning therapy", he has tried to remind human that everyone should discover a meaning in his life and institution so that he can overcome hardships and avoid emptiness and despair. Frankel believes that purpose and meaning should be such that even the most difficult moments of life are meaningful. The purpose of this study is to investigate the components of meaning therapy in the poetry of two contemporary poets, Shamloo and the Third Brotherhood, and to compare the views of these two poets on the meaning of life in order to provide solutions to the meaning of life. This research has been done by descriptive-analytical method; In this way, first three important components of this theory are explained and then in the poetry of Shamloo and the Third Brotherhood are studied and compared. The statistical population in this research is a complete collection of works of two poets. The result of this research shows that Shamloo has accepted the three components of love, suffering and death and has found meaning to continue living from each of them; And unlike him, the Third Brotherhood suffers from an existential vacuum and is constantly in revolt against his life.