Investigating Traces of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh in the Poetry of Two Resistance Poets from Afghanistan: Mohammad Kazem Kazemi and Abdossami Hamed

A great part of the literature of Afghanistan is composed of resistance poetry. This poetry emerged during the years 1357 to 1380 against the Soviet-appointed regime in Afghanistan, the military invasion of Afghanistan by the Red Army, and the Civil war against Taliban.
The present study is to examine the effect of Ferdowsi’s Shahnamh on the resistance poetry of Mohammad Kazem Kazemi and Hamed Abdossami, two Afghan poets. It is a descriptive-analytical study based on textual and library evidences.
The findings indicate that poetry has been influenced on ideological level − patriotism, and fighting tyranny − and lexical level – using mythical symbols, terms of weaponry, allusions. Their poetry, therefore, has been influential in creating self-knowledge, and national identity.