Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 19، number In Volume 9، December 2026 ، issue Number 127

Arash Magazine's strategies in representing and promoting the modernity of contemporary poetry with sample readings of issues 1 to 13, edited by Sirous Tahbaz

Saeideh Zangiabadi , Sedighe Alipour (Author in Charge), Naser Mohseninia , Nasrin Fallah

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: *Arash*, edited by Sirus Tahbaz, was one of the influential literary journals of the 1960s and an important medium for introducing and reflecting modernist literary trends in Iran. Focusing on the strategies employed by *Arash* in representing and promoting poetic modernism, the present study examines the journal’s approaches to introducing, presenting, and consolidating new poetic experiences. It also seeks to demonstrate how modernism was reflected in the journal’s literary content and in its policies for selecting and presenting literary works.

METHODOLOGY: This qualitative study employs qualitative content analysis to examine issues 1–13 of *Arash* as the research corpus. The data were collected and analyzed based on materials related to poetry, introductions to literary schools and movements, translations, critical writings, poetry samples, and introductions to poets and their works.

FINDINGS: An examination of issues 1–13 of *Arash* indicates that modernism was represented in the journal in connection with contemporary literary movements worldwide and through an emphasis on new experiments in language, imagery, form, and structure in contemporary Iranian poetry. Moreover, the presence of diverse poets and their works exposed readers to a multifaceted range of new poetic experiences.

CONCLUSION: The findings demonstrate that *Arash* in the 1960s was not merely a reflection of emerging developments in poetry; it also contributed to creating a literary environment conducive to the recognition and acceptance of modernist poetic experiments. By establishing connections between Persian poetry and global literary movements, the journal contributed to broadening poetic horizons and strengthening the discourse of modernism in contemporary Iranian poetry.

Keyword
*Arash* Journal , poetic modernism , contemporary Iranian poetry , literary movements , the 1960s.