Kamran Djam 2012 Annual Lecture at SOAS: The Exilic Mode in Persian Literature part 2

Professor Karimi-Hakkak’s second talk will address the exilic mode in modern and contemporary poetry and prose of Iran, primarily in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, with special emphasis on the last three decades. The talk will examine descriptions of various exilic environments and analyse topoi related to dreams of return and restoration in the works of figures as Gholamhossein Saedi, Nader Naderpur, Shahrokh Meskub, Yadolah Royai, Esmail Khoi, Reza Ghasemi, and others. Please see the attached p