عنوان

Adonis' poetics of vision and creativity

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انگلیسی

Adonis' poetics of vision and creativity

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Rasha Arabi

Stone, Christopher

City University of New York

2015

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Committee members: Davis, Simon

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-88587-3

M.A.

Middle Eastern Studies

City University of New York

2015

The Syrian poet and cultural critic Ali Ahmad Said (1930 -) (Adonis) is one of the most influential Arab poets of the 20^th century. His poetry represents a radical rupture with what was established before. Adonis' poetry is associated with innovation and revolution, and his language is characterized by mysticism and hermeticism. While living in Beirut, he co-founded the influential literary journal Shi'r (1956-63) with the Lebanese poet Yusuf al-Khal (1917-1987), and a few years later he founded his own journal, Mawaqif (1968-1998). Both journals served as a prominent literary platform for cultural modernity and radical criticism of the Arab heritage and tradition. Adonis' literary and theoretical oeuvres have been the subject of a number of discussions and debates within the Arab intellectual circle and beyond. This paper, is chiefly concerned with Adonis' notion of the poetic vision that expresses itself in two dimensions, as a matter of form and content. The formal expression of vision is artistic, to "make it new," as Ezra

Literature

Language, literature and linguistics;Adonis;Creativity;Poetics;Vision

Shukri, Salma Tariq

Stone, Christopher

Middle Eastern Studies

City University of New York

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