Arabic Literature

With the emergence of poetic modernity, contemporary Arabic poetry moved from its own narrow framework to new open spaces. In fact, modernity unleashed poetry and made it benefit from ... Read More

The Role of Imagery in Conveying Emotion in Adonis’ Palestinian Poetry

Hojjat Rasouli; Sheler Ahmadi

Volume 13, Issue 1 , May 2021, , Pages 43-65

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2020.295350.612162

Abstract

Emotion is an important element in poetry. Other elements including imagery must be at its service, since their value is due to emotion. Adonis, as one of the most innovative contemporary ... Read More

Locales and Their Implications in the Poetry of Yahya al-Samawi

Mehdi Shahrokh; Hamideh Faghih Abdolahi

Volume 12, Issue 4 , February 2021, , Pages 121-142

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2020.263664.611956

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Locale is one of the most important elements of poetry. In resistance literature, places have different semantic functions, depending on the emotions of the writer towards those places. ... Read More

A Comparative Study of the Devil Poems of Khalil Hawi and Forough Farrokhzad

sorayya rahimi; kobra roshanfekr

Volume 11, Issue 2 , October 2019, , Pages 23-43

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2019.261395.611936

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In the religious context, the Devil’s rebellion in the creation myth represents sin, evil, and eternal damnation. But sometimes writers, by disturbing familiar signs and defamiliarization ... Read More

Syntactic and Rhetorical Deviation in Badr Shakir al-Sayyab’s Poetry

Mohammad bagher hosseini; parvin allahi; hosein seyyedi

Volume 11, Issue 2 , October 2019, , Pages 67-86

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2019.251117.611854

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Syntactic deviation is one of the techniques employed to enhance a literary text, because it derives from the poet’s intentional non-compliance with morphological or syntactic ... Read More Syntactic deviation is one of the techniques employed to enhance a literary text, because it derives from the poet’s intentional non-compliance with morphological or syntactic rules to achieve certain goals. Using this technique leads to eloquence of language so that it directs the reader’s attention to the text. Contemporary poets attempt to use this technique in their poetry to inspire the reader with new feelings and, disturbing the usual order of objects, they try to represent them in a brand new way. In this way, the modern Iraqi poet, Badr Shakir al-Sayyab—to whose literary genius contemporary Arabic poetry owes much—has devoted himself to the development of his poetic language and has evoked the reader’s contemplation on his poetry. In some cases, he offers a different language by breaking the norms and moving away from the prevailing principles of poetry. Under the influence of Western culture and literature, he had a critical look at the heritage of Arabic poetry and made a significant contribution to the development of Arabic poetic language. This research tries to examine the syntactic and rhetorical deviations of Sayab’s poems in a descriptive-analytical manner in order to elicit his techniques of defamiliarization and make the reader focus on the poet’s main intention and the hidden layers of his work. The results of the research demonstrate that hyperbaton, omission of letters and the use of new ones, conjunction and separation of words, and using far-fetched words are the most frequent examples of syntactic and rhetorical deviations in Sayyab’s poetry. Therefore, using such techniques, Sayyab gives his poetry a distinctive character so that the reader’s difficulty understanding his new form of expression and their sensual perception time are increased. The research also argues that the syntactic and rhetorical deviation is one of the aesthetic and stylistic qualities of all the free-verse poems of Sayyab.

The Symbolic Alloys in the Poem of Mohammad al-Faitūri; (An Analytical Approach to his Resistance Poem)

Mohamadhassan Amraei

Volume 11, Issue 1 , July 2019, , Pages 240-262

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2019.241819.611786

Abstract

This article investigates the meaning of the symbols of resistance in the poem of Mohammad al-faitūri (1936). The poet has used many symbols and signs for his warrior purposes. and ... Read More This article investigates the meaning of the symbols of resistance in the poem of Mohammad al-faitūri (1936). The poet has used many symbols and signs for his warrior purposes. and has sought to invade the Arab real existance of the Arab world through the Arab magnificent and brilliant past from the ravaged and repressed contemporary world. and liberate it from its long-awaited pudle life to promote and guide the Arab community through these symbolic components. From this point of view, we can say that these symbols in his poem are full of inspirational themes and deep implications of internal text, and as a result, numerous interfrence of these symbols and encodings can be presented; By investigating his poetry it can be find that he is cleverly try to link his Islamic and Arabic society heritage to the conflict in the contemporary world. This discussion begins with the preconditions that are required in accordance with the principles of modern writing. Then. they deal with different symbols of resistance and their artistic alloys in faitūri's resistance poetry; so far, we divide these symbols into five main sections: 1. Religious symbols 2. Historical symbols 3. Mystical Symbols 4. Urban and national symbols 5. Sparse symbols that can not be categorized as single title. This article with a descriptive-analytical approach aims at precede the symbols of the axis and objects with the focus on the most important properties of the symbolic elements of faitūri's poetry. Most noteworthy achievements in this article are that the poem of faitūri goes beyond the borders of Africa and his issue is not only Africa but also includes all Muslim nations. In the poem of resistance he has used religious and historical figures cities and various countries to express his revolutionary thoughts. these symbols have played an important role in provoking the spirit of revenge and in ignite the flames of resistance in the sentiments of the public. The symbols used in faitūri's poetry are often proportional to the problems that experienced by Arab countries to the extent that they are inspire by these symbols in the fight against autocratic and authoritarian regimes.

Emanation of Phoenix in Adonis’s Poem

Hadi Rezwan; Sayyed Hassan aryadoost

Volume 4, Issue 3 , October 2012, , Pages 117-138

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2012.30322

Abstract

This study examined historical and religious characters and events emanating myth of phoenix manifesting renewal and resurrection after death and destruction in Adonis’s poetries. ... Read More

A Introduction to Niqāb (Innuendo) and Its Application in Contemporary Arabic Poetry

Ali Najafi Iwaki

Volume 3, Issue 1 , August 2011, , Pages 115-134

Abstract

One of the most common and appealing issues grabbing the attention of the critics of contemporary Arabic literature is innuendo and its applications which are not much attended to by ... Read More

A Comparative Study of Contemporary “Eulogies in Honor of the Prophet” and Those in the Period of Decadence

Adnān Tahmāsebi; Hasan Ismā’il-zādeh

Volume 1, Issue 2 , February 2010, , Pages 31-51

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Similar to any poetic genre, eulogy of the Prophet (pbuh) has progressed through various stages and experienced vicissitudes of history. The genre was first developed by such great ... Read More

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Narrative Space in the Poetry of Maad al-Jubouri: A Reading of the Poem “Where the River Returns”

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The Role of Imagery in Conveying Emotion in Adonis’ Palestinian Poetry

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Locales and Their Implications in the Poetry of Yahya al-Samawi

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A Comparative Study of the Devil Poems of Khalil Hawi and Forough Farrokhzad

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Syntactic and Rhetorical Deviation in Badr Shakir al-Sayyab’s Poetry

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The Symbolic Alloys in the Poem of Mohammad al-Faitūri; (An Analytical Approach to his Resistance Poem)

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Emanation of Phoenix in Adonis’s Poem

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A Introduction to Niqāb (Innuendo) and Its Application in Contemporary Arabic Poetry

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A Comparative Study of Contemporary “Eulogies in Honor of the Prophet” and Those in the Period of Decadence

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