The Arabic Prose Poem : Poetic Theory and Practice (Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature)

Fakhreddine, Huda J.

Edinburgh University Press（2022/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 288 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781474474979
• DDC分類 892.7109

Full Description

Examines one of the most controversial poetic forms in Arabic: the Arabic prose poem

Examines the 'new genre' of the prose poem as a poetic practice and as a critical lens
Adopts a case-study approach to a number of poets, including: Adonis, Muhammad al-Maghut, Salim Barakat, Mahmoud Darwish and Wadi' Sa?adeh
Adopts a comparative approach across time periods, genres, identity and cultural traditions

The Arabic prose poem gave rise to a profound, contentious and continuing debate about Arabic poetry: its definition, its limits and its relation to its readers. Huda J. Fakhreddine examines the history of the prose poem, its claims of autonomy and distance from its socio-political context, and the anxiety and scandal it generated.

When the modernist movement in Arabic poetry was launched in the 1940s, it threatened to blur the distinctions between poetry and everything else. The Arabic prose poem is probably the most subversive and extreme manifestation of this blurring. It is often described as an oxymoron, a non-genre, an anti-genre, a miracle and even a conspiracy.

Contents

Introduction; 1. Precursors, Terms, and Manifestos between Theory and Practice; 2. The Prose Poem and the Arabic Tradition; 3. Adonis: Writing Where the World Begins and Begins Again; 4. Muhammad al-Maghut and Poetic Detachment; 5. Mahmoud Darwish as Middleman; 6. Salim Barakat: Poetry as Linguistic Conquest; 7. Wadīʿ Saʿāda and the Third Generation of Prose Poets; Afterword; Bibliography.