Arabic Poetry: Trajectories of Modernity and Tradition

On the other hand, al-Macarrl’s mannerism and his use of literary tradition for “continuity and opposition,”^44 attracts al-Baym ...

context. “Al-Macarrlsubjects the beliefs and ideas of his age to a process of questioning in which thought wears the guise of po ...

the “body of speech / on the bed of poetry” involves this poetic re-creation in a dialogue of surrealist intersectional complexi ...

philosophy, and Sufism interact with the poetic in a discursive site, which he intentionally draws in textual terms as a matn(te ...

Kierkegaard, that repetition “involves no giving up, but a self-possession carried to the point of no return.”^59 The historical ...

cAbd al-Xabnr’s impersonation of the panegyric tradition increases the richness of the text. ((An ambivalent voice)): Prosperous ...

transgression. Both Adnnls and al-Baymtlare experts in this arena, as I have explained elsewhere.^64 3 Exilic engagement Althoug ...

a declaration of poetic excellence that enables the poet to identify with the precursor, with no anxiety of influence. This stan ...

writing. Although such a position could have led her into unlimited prospects of innovation, she succumbed to the idea that clas ...

universe and the obsession of people,” Adnnls uses him as the locus for self and tradition, a threshold and material for revisio ...

4 POETIC DIALOGIZATION Ancestors in the text—figures and figurations^1 He stretched a hand out, holding a rolled cigarette, and ...

poetry is no less receptive to other discourses through parody and travesty, and other means, broadening its prospects while und ...

should be devoid of dreams and metaphors, for “... from my language you derive your dreams once a year /...and from my language ...

The dramatized monologue that addresses the homeland becomes a venue for self-interrogation. Impersonating the homeland and butt ...

poets from tradition. They also allow a persona to intertextualize, discuss, argue, and objectify. They broaden thereby the scop ...

agonies and fears lest he fail to produce the right poem. The underlying voice resorts to prose to fathom the transitional phase ...

May be you’ll find it. And if you do, you’ll let go of it at the end of the night. (Ibid.) The resort to prose in the following ...

So was L‘Akhdar Ben Youssef, shattered, and confused, as: He had not slept for six days. And could not write a poem. And so reck ...

a lineage that fights exploitation and misuse, while suffering persecution and pain. Words and action blend, and sacrifice and l ...

the case of women poets, of feminist perspectives. In her poem “On the Death of Nizar Qabbani,” Mohja Kahf, a Syrian-American wo ...