Arthur Rimbaud and Nima Yoshij, two pioneers of new poetry A comparative study

The 19th century was characterized by great socio-political ups and downs both in Iran and France. In the meantime, literature could not be indifferent to such developments. In France, Arthur Rimbaud managed, despite his startlingly short and turbulent life and the unorganized works he authored, to attract a lot of attention. Today he is recognized as one of the influential figures of modern poetry in France. On the other hand, the contribution of Nima Yoshij to contemporary Persian poetry is undeniable. However, these two prominent figures have rarely appeared in a comparative study. Focusing on the socio-political context and framework of the two poets and their well-known artworks (The Myth by Nima and The Drunken Boat by Arthur Rimbaud) the researcher seeks to draw a comprehensive pictorial, rather than a mechanical, comparison between the nature and different aspects of the attitudes of these two poets towards the aesthetic literary tradition of their time as well as the requirements and developments of the turbulent era of their life. In the first section, we study the material-historical framework involved in Nima Yoshij and Arthur Rimbaud’s artistic creativity. In the second section, textual review instruments such as the linguistic instruments used to address literary works, will be used to conduct a more concrete study. In the end, it can be seen that both poets, are almost equally sensitive about the issues of their time.