Abstract
In her article "A Comparative Minoritarian Study of Language Poetry of Iran and the United States" Sama Khosravi Ooryad analyses Language poetry of the United States (1970s) and Language poetry of Iran (1990s) through Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's concepts of minor literature and rhizomic text. The argument of the article is that the two movements, in both their poems and theoretical passages, carry potentialities to be related to Deleuzian concepts. The practice of minor literature, rhizomic text and book as machine is more evident in the works of U.S. language poets. Moreover, Iranian language poetry, while being analyzed alongside its American counterpart, has proved to be less conscious of the political status that minor literature advocates. Both movements' similarities and dissimilarities are sketched out while keeping alert to their significance in creating communities.
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Khosravi Ooryad, Sama.
"A Comparative Minoritarian Study of Language Poetry of Iran and the United States."
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
19.3
(2017):
<https://doi.org/10.7771/1481-4374.3059>
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