Poetic Universes of Shafi i Kadkani and Yadollāh Royā i: Opposition of Two Discourses

Shafi’i Kadkani, in his critical writings, has intentionally and explicitly opposed spasmentalism in general and Royā’i’s poetry in specific. He not only excluded spasmentalism from the history of Iranian contemporary poetry, but has ironically spoken about poets like Royā’i. This article, through introducing some evidence tries to discover the causes of such an outlook. The article concentrates on three topics: A) Different poetic perspectives of the two poets; B) Opposition of their ideologies; C) Personal opinion of Kadkani about spasmentalists.