Application of environmental-cultural features in the contemporary Persian literature of Mazandaran toward strengthening the local culture from the perspective of the poem of Asadollah Emadi, Ali Akbar Mahjorian and Khali Gheisari

Contemporary environmental poetry is a subjective kind of poetry with an organic totality in which tradition and modernism are challenged clearly. Environmental poetry is on the peak of the pyramid of local literature and is regarded as the background for classical poetry. Highlighting environmental ideas and creating such a room in the linguistic environment creates a specific piece of poetry with a particular application. Asadollah Emadi, Ali Akbar Mahjorian and Jalil Gheisari are among the pioneering poets in environment poetry in Mazandaran whose environment poetry elements enriched their poems formally. Asadollah Emadi, Ali Akbar Mahjorian and Jalil Gheisari are among the pioneering poets in environment poetry in Mazandaran whose environment poetry elements enriched their poems formally. In addition to composing poems, these poets have produced novels and research works in issues related to culture. In this study, geographical, socio-cultural and economical features are investigated in the poetic works of the three environment-oriented poets in Mazandaran. Results show that environment-orientation, imagery, patriotism, disobedience and objection, attention to local and tribal culture (customs, traditions, beliefs) and local language are among the features which occur in high frequency. Research methodology employed in this study is descriptive-analytical using library and the Internet resources.