Manifestations of Resistance in Islamic Awakening Poetry; Case Study: Awakening Verses

Islamic awakening means to revive in the light of authentic Islam and Islamic revival through which, independence, justice and noble values can emerge. In the process of Islamic awakening, Muslim world tries to restore its Islamic identity through resistance and gaining power and protect its faith, ideals, and their identity against foreign invasion and domination. Iranian poets of resistance, along with other committed poets, try to defend the Islamic awakening by poetry to help Muslim people and other defendants in this field. The “Awakening Verses” is a selection of Islamic awakening poetry compiled by Razieh Rajaei containing more than 80 poems. This study tries to examine the most important features of resistance in Islamic awakening poetry with a review of the book “Awakening Verses”. The main question in this study is “what are the main expressions and manifestations of resistance in Islamic awakening poetry in this book, and how the Islamic awakening poets deal with it?” The research methodology is analytical-descriptive and library sources are used. The findings show that, in addition to inviting people to stand against crimes and injustice of enemies, and description of opponents oppressions, Islamic awakening poets believe that valuable guidelines of Imam Khomeini has created and strengthened the Islamic awakening movements across the world.