TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Cast of Religious and Ashura (A Day of Mourning for the Martyrdom
of Husayn Ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad at the Battle of
Karbala on 10 Muharram) Poetry in Representations of Ritual
Literature from Contemporary Poets’ Viewpoint
AU - Reza Bakhtiyari, Mohammad 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 26
SP  - 6261
EP  - 6265
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2016.6261.6265
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.6261.6265
KW  - Contemporary literature
KW  -poetry
KW  -religious
KW  -ritual
KW  -Ashura
AB  - Religious poetry and ritual literature originate from people’s religious beliefs and ideals which have
their roots in Holy Quran and take shape integrating feelings, emotions, language and particular form of
religious beliefs. Ashura free verse is also one of the robust branches of the ritual literature which has absorbed
attention and interest of many enthusiastic and devoted poets. Ritual literature encompasses great epics about
guardianship, imamate and crusade. Sometimes it has waved the red flag of such a considerable crusade as
Ashura. Themes and doctrines of the religious literature have been emanated from superhuman, divine and
heavenly inspirations and are manifested in artistic and rhythmic expressions. Ritual literature involves the most
genuine terms in provoking feelings and emotions. The bloody epic of Ashura within the range of ritual
literature is undoubtedly more remarkable than other religious themes since it emphatically demonstrates the
innocence of human against the cruelty of tyrants in the course of history by the red ink of sacrifice and
heroism of the martyrs. The poet considers martyrdom as a superior goal and by mentioning this he intends to
release everyone and everything from constraints of this worldly life. Some interesting examples of these ritual
and religious poems can be found in works of the contemporary poets. The present study deals with examining
the created artworks and conducted researches in this field, besides it investigates the role of Ashura poetry
in religious beliefs and attitudes of people in an excellent way.
ER  -