Recitation of poetry: Iranian poets in 20th century.
The period between the 1940s and 1970s saw the development of a new literary culture, which historians have referred to as ‘committed literature’. This culture was broadly based on the core belief that any literary work must reflect sociopolitical preoccupations and champion a particular cause. Although reduced to general trends and tropes by episodic readings, literary commitment, both in theory and practice, is an ongoing and multifaceted debate. It has looked to different sources and traditions, cultivated different voices and visions, and had myriad tools at its disposal. Unsurprisingly, the canonical history of poetic modernism in Persian is intertwined with committed readings. Such readings attempt to locate particular sites of struggle, and, consequently, promote a limited circle of poets and critics.
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