Considering the issues of environment and nature in literature is one of the necessities of
interdisciplinary research in contemporary era. This article, in order to answer to this question
that “How intimate link of Literature with the Environment can play an important role in the
transmission of Environmental Thoughts in Contemporary Poem?” studies the content and
main theme of poems of Akhavan Sales and Shafiei Kadkani from the ecocriticism point of view
and explain their differences and common aspects according to literature and environment.
In this research which in terms of purpose is practical and in terms of collection method is
descriptive-analytical based on documentary, the following results are obtained: The similarity
of the concept of ecosystem and nature-centered from the perspective of ecocriticism among the
achievements of the poets are caused by morals and common human nature and the result of the
similarity of some of the most influential environmental factors like 1- the unfavorable political
and social conditions of society and 2- the influence of the living environment, their childhood
and youth. The results in the poets' poems illustrate, the importance of attention to nature and
ecosystem and to raise awareness for its preservation, in addition to laying the groundwork for
expressing political intentions, have made the poem to be used as an environmental-cultural
media.
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