This thesis studies the modernity of Nima Yushij's first major poem Afsaneh (1921) through a theoretical framework of semiotic change. The thesis draws from sources such as Nima's private letters,...Show moreThis thesis studies the modernity of Nima Yushij's first major poem Afsaneh (1921) through a theoretical framework of semiotic change. The thesis draws from sources such as Nima's private letters, speeches and personally translated fragments from the poem Afsaneh. It compares Nima's own theory of poetic modernity with literary ideologies such as Socialist Realism and Romanticism. Selected metaphors from the poem are analyzed to explore the modernity of the poem through semiotic analysis.Show less
