A Study and Analysis of the Subject of Mahdism and ‎the Artistic Ways of Conveying It to Children and ‎Adolescents in the Works of Yahya Alavifard

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1 Graduated from Shiraz University

2 shraz univercity

Abstract

One of the most important concerns of any society is the moral-religious education of children and adolescents. Undoubtedly, this education is more acceptable to the children and adolescents when it is accompanied with artistic delight found in a musical and literary tone. The subject of "Mahdism" is one of the topics that has a special place in the Shia religion, and a number of poets and writers have tried to create poems or stories for children and adolescents about this topic.
Yahya Alavifard is one of the poets who pays special attention to this topic in several poetry collections and tries to use special artistic techniques in the structure and content of his poems to convey this concept to children and adolescents. It is the aim of this article to examine these literary aspects in his poetry.

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Iranian Children's Literature Studies
Volume 14, Issue 1 - Serial Number 27
September 2023
Pages 273-294

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  • Receive Date: 25 November 2021
  • Revise Date: 01 May 2022
  • Accept Date: 15 May 2022

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