Arabic Literature

The Relationship between Language and Reality in Analyzing the Concept of Exile in the Poetic Language of Izz al-Din al-Monaserah

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Mohamad Yaghoubi 1
Rasoul Zare 2

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Farhangian University

2 Ph.D. Graduate in Arabic Language and Literature, Kharazmi University

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2021.313996.612314
Abstract
Exile is a concept that appears in the language of the poet, after experience of lack of freedom and lack of physical connection with the homeland. Izz al-Din al-Monaserah is a poet whose exile gave a special structure to his poetic language. Exile in an invisible dialectic intensifies the poet’s language and it is this fact that leads to the production of a particular language. This article tries to determine the number of Monaserah’s poems that have exile as their thematic element. Our Statistical data and diagrams proved that the use of the concept of exile in his poetry is the most frequent when genocide and the massacre of Palestinian refugees take place in Tal Zatar and Al-Qarnatina. Here, a significant relationship between poetic language and reality is proved. The metaphysics of Palestine in exile has replaced its physics and the poet’s mental-spiritual living place. Homeland is not just a concept, but a formidable metaphysics of ideas and concepts that completely dominates the poet’s mind. He is not merely in physical exile, but his essence his thought are forced into exile too. Exile is part of the life of Palestinian poets, and and this concept is represented in Monaserah’s poetry through imagery. To determine how this concept appears in the poetic language of Monaserah is a necessity since the comprehension of his poetry depends on it. Rebellion against occupation and fighting for a dignified life are among the causes of the poet’s exile. Living as in exile in one’s homeland and living in exile with love and sorrow of the homeland give birth to the poetic language that we see in his literature of exile.

Keywords

Izz al-Din al-Monaserah
Exile
Palestine
Poetic language
Reality
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Arabic Literature
Volume 13, Issue 1
Spring 2021
Pages 155-175

  • Receive Date 26 November 2020
  • Revise Date 03 March 2021
  • Accept Date 09 March 2021

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