The Transformations of Poetics in the Books (Poetics and Modernity) and (Issues of Poetics in Arabic Criticism): A Comparative Study in Meta-Criticism

Poetics is both an ancient and modern term. The origin of the term can be traced back to Aristotle, while the concept has evolved alongside the term itself, although it remains confined to a general idea that focuses on the search for the scientific laws governing creativity. In our Arab critical heritage, we encounter a single concept expressed through different terms, such as Aristotle's poetics, al-Jurjani's theory of systems, and poetic statements based on imitation and imagination according to al-Qartajani.The field that studies the levels of literary analysis is called poetics. Just as linguistics is concerned with studying the abstract laws of language, poetics attempts to grasp both the unity and multiplicity of literary works simultaneously. The subject of poetics consists more of possible works than of existing texts.This research endeavors to study the concept of poetics in the books (Poetics and Modernity between the Horizon of Literary Criticism and the Horizon of Poetic Theory) by the critic Bashir Taweriret, and (Issues of Poetics in Arabic Criticism) by the critic Muhammad Jasim Jabara, through a comparative study of the two books. Our study was based on three axes: In the first axis, we addressed the definition of the concept and term. The second axis explored poetics in Western and Arab traditions. The third axis examined the reception of contemporary Arabic poetics.