Comparison of the Resistance Motifs in the Poems of Nasim-E Shomal and Saleh Mahmood Howari

Resistance Literature is an intellectual and cultural reaction by the dominated nations. Although the dominated nations throughout the world have different geographies, cultures, characteristics, and ideas, they share the same resistance motifs in their literatures. This study will draw on a descriptive-analytical method and the American school of comparative literature to better represent the hidden aspects of resistance literature in the Constitutional Period of Iran and contemporary Palestine.To do so, the resistance motifs will be compared in “Bagh- e Behest” (Garden of Eden) written by Nasime-e shomal, the Iranian poet of the Constitutional Period and “Maraya-alyasmin” written by Saleh Mahmood Howari, the contemporary Palestinian Poet. These two poets were totally committed to their country and nations. The common resistance motifs in the resistance literature of Iran’s Constitutional Period and contemporary Palestine were patriotism, protest to repression, hope for the future and call for unity. It was also found that Nasim has reflected his ideas about resistance with use of a direct language, but Howari has mainly applied symbols and indirect language.