Dominic Parviz Brookshaw explores the metaphor of the garden in the poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad.
Introduction
Forugh Farrokhzad’s reputation as a path-breaking female rebel made her an iconic figure of her time. Both her unconventional personal life and her captivating creative trajectory have captured the imagination of generations of Iranians since she published her first poems in the mid-1950s. More than four decades after her death at the age of 32, Farrokhzad has come to represent the spirit of revolt against patriarchal and cultural norms in modern Iran, and an-depth study of her poetry is pivotal to the understanding of Persian literary modernity and the rise of women’s writing in Iran in the twentieth century. Dominic Parviz Brookshaw uses an exploration of the metaphor of the garden in Farrokhzad’s poetry as a window on the evolution of her views on love and the predicament of the Iranian nation.
Lecture: 6:30–7:30 pm
Reception: 7:30-8:30 pm
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