The Perspective of Literature of Protest in Persian Poetry

Literature of Protest (also named Quarrel literature) is a Kind of versified or proseworld literature that reflects a poet’s or a writer’s criticism or protest or resistance againstthe dominant and imposed political and social circumstances.This kind of literature in classical works of persian speakers is refered to as lampoonand epic, Sufismand satire.Satire had the widest arena among the above mentioned kinds to satisfy critical andwitty spirits of Iranians during one thousand years of ancient Persian language.Generally, protest literature has mainly its roots of emergence and improvement infolklore and informal literal works, since formal ones has often been under the control ofgovernment. The majority of poets and writers created their own literal works according togovernors’ desire.In third and fourth centuries, based on Quran's teachings and hadith, Iranians started toadmire moral values and virtues like broad-mindedness, honor, asceticism and so on insteadof describing the nature and praising governers.Using lampoon and satire to disrespect and scorn cruel world lies, they proposedreforms for political and social deviations and perversions via Quran's command andprohibition.The greatest poets that started protest literature in third to fifth centuries were NaserKhosrow and sanaee.Other poets in this arana were Nezami, Khaghani, Attar, Molana, Sayfe Farghani, Sadi,Khaju, Hafez, Jami, Saib,… Bahar. Since then most of Persian poets have admired moralvalues and disrespected world lies.