The Evolution of the rajaz Meter in Modern Arabic Poetry, As Reflected in the Works of Amal Dunqul
There is a close relationship between prosodic poetry and folk literature, if not one of harmony then at least one of tension.1 In the present study, this claim may be read between the lines, in the sense that prosodic poetry has not been granted a great deal of legitimacy' since it has been p...
| Published in: | Journal of Semitic studies |
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2018]
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Journal of Semitic studies
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| Summary: | There is a close relationship between prosodic poetry and folk literature, if not one of harmony then at least one of tension.1 In the present study, this claim may be read between the lines, in the sense that prosodic poetry has not been granted a great deal of legitimacy' since it has been perceived as having distanced itself from the concepts of traditional poetry. A tension thus exists between the prosaic, the poetic and the folk aspects of the text, which the poet attempts to put into equilibrium. In this study we shall see that metrical feet used by the poet serve the content and also the creation of the images that he imagines and presents to the reader. This can be seen quite clearly in the novel feet he uses as well as in the changes that he adds to the original feet of the rajaz meter. The foot thus becomes a stylistic device that serves the image or the topic with which the poem deals. This relationship is reflected in both the style, namely the meter, and the content, which is the image painted by the poet. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-8556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Semitic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgx043 |