A Comparative Study of Linguistic Romanticism in the Poems of Ebtehaj and Ansi al-Haj using a Cognitive Approach

Cognitive linguistics, as one of the main categories of cognitive science, looks at language as a tool for discovering the structure of the human cognitive system. Cognitive semantics, as one of the basic fields of cognitive linguistics, has various theories such as image schemas, conceptual fusion, mental spaces, permission, and metaphor. The contemporary Arab and Iranian poets’ attention towards the romantic school is considered the starting point of transformation in contemporary poetry, and the romantics are among the leading groups whose efforts started the transformation of Arabic and Persian literature and producing works that fits the contemporary era. Although the number of these groups was small at the beginning and they mostly considered changes in the meaning of poetry, it didn't take long for their number to increase and in a short period of time, they changed the content and structure of contemporary Arabic and Persian poetry. This influence was so wide that between the two world wars, the most prominent Arab and Farsi-speaking poets who created universal works were followers of the romantic school. The connection between the world's social disorders and sadness, which is one of the main themes of romantic poetry, is one of the factors helping the expansion and permanence of this deep influence. An attempt was made in this study do a comparative study of linguistic romanticism in the poems of Ansi al-Haj and Houshang Ebtehaj. For this purpose, the concepts of cognitive linguistics and comparative criticism were used.