Arabic Literature

A Stylistic Lexical Analysis of Sama fi Khozeh by Adnan al-Sayegh

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Vahid Mirzaei 1
Narjes Ansari 2
Alireza Shaikhi 3

1 Ph.D. Candidate in Arabic Language and Literature, Imam Khomeini International University

2 Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Imam Khomeini International University

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Imam Khomeini International University

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2020.300506.612190
Abstract
The study of the vocabulary of poetry is one of the approaches used to evaluate a poetic style. Along with other layers of stylistics, namely syntax, rhetoric, and phonetics, it plays an essential role in analyzing the poets’ way of expressing themselves, and in studying a historical era or literary school. Since words form the structure of language, the study of the diction of literary texts is essential in understanding poetic style and language. Therefore, words should be considered the first tool that embodies poetic emotions and bring the poet into contact with the reader. Due to the importance of this linguistic element in literature, the present study tries to examine the linguistic layers in the poetry collection Sama fi Khozeh (Sky in a Helmet) by Adnan al-Sayegh, a contemporary Iraqi poet known for his resistance literature. The article tries to discover the connection of this layer with the content and form of the text, and the relationship of words with each other, and to determine the function of frequent poetic words. Based on the analysis conducted in this research, the words of this poetry collection have been selected in an entirely purposeful manner so that they correspond with the poet’s surroundings, and this is reflected in the title of the collection, too. The diction shows the contradiction of the spiritual (internal) and material (external) worlds through the centrality of the keywords “sky” and “helmet.” This has created a dialectic of endlessness and limitation. On the other hand, new lexical combinations have caused individuality and stylistic emphasis, and have given a different structure and a distinct style to the poems. Moreover, the concrete forms of words have been juxtaposed with their auditory and visual forms in an artistic manner.

Keywords

Stylistics
Vocabulary layer
Adnan al-Sayegh
Sama fi Khozeh
Concrete
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Arabic Literature
Volume 13, Issue 1
Spring 2021
Pages 91-113

  • Receive Date 06 April 2020
  • Revise Date 18 October 2020
  • Accept Date 14 December 2020

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