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- کد IranDOI مقاله: IranDOI :10.irandoi.2002/bahareadab.2026 .19 .8342
volume Number : 19
number In Volume : 9
issue Number : 127
Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 19،
number In Volume 9،
،
issue Number 127
Stylistic Analysis of Architectural Elements in the Spatialization of Contemporary Iranian Women's Poetry (Case Study: Simin Behbahani and Zhaleh Esfahani)
Parya Narimani , Ali Javan Forouzande (Author in Charge), Hassan Sattari Sarbangoli , Kamran Pashaie Fakhri
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In contemporary Persian poetry, spatial and architectural elements have transcended purely external and superficial descriptions, evolving into a platform for representing existential positions, gendered experiences, and the mindbody connection. This study aims to conduct a stylistic and structural analysis of architectural elements in the poetic space of two prominent contemporary Persian women poets, Simin Behbahani and Zhaleh Esfahani, to explain their distinct patterns in confronting the built environment and embodied space.
METHODOLOGY: Utilizing a descriptiveanalytical approach based on a census method (comprehensive registration of 750 spatial units), this study examines and categorizes physical elements in both divans. Interrater reliability was assessed using Cohen"s Kappa, yielding coefficients of 0.62 for Esfahani and 0.54 for Behbahani. Frequency variations were analyzed using the nonparametric Chisquare test.
FINDINGS: Statistical analysis of the contingency table containing 12 shared physical families confirmed a highly significant stylistic difference between the spatial patterns of the two poets (Chisquare = 82.75, df = 11, p and lt; 0.001, Cramér"s V = 0.33). Behbahani’s urban ghazals, grounded in objective immediacy and everyday experiences, show a strong orientation toward domestic spaces and elements of opening and closure (doors, windows, and walls). Conversely, Esfahani’s exile poetry, characterized by a high frequency of castles, bastions, and public spaces, serves the nostalgic reconstruction of the homeland and the expression of displacement.
CONCLUSION: Architectural elements in the poetry of these two writers reflect "embodied space" and the gendered dynamics of their environments. Behbahani transforms space into an instrument of resistance and social action by resolving the inner و outer dichotomy through dynamic imagination. Meanwhile, Esfahani utilizes the built environment as a skeletal architecture and kinetic ductus to reclaim a lost sense of place in exile.
Keyword
Spatial Stylistics
, Poetics of Space
, Simin Behbahani
, Zhaleh Esfahani
, Architectural Elements
, Gendered Space.
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