Evoking the Characters in the Poetry of Abu Nawas

Section: Research Paper
Published
Jun 1, 2022
Pages
143-182

Abstract

This research aims to study the phenomenon of recalling personalities by one of the most important Abbasid poets (Abu Nawas); Where this phenomenon occupied a space in his poetry, and raises in the minds of those who read his book in his deliberation and careful consideration of several questions, making the research his concern to detail and answer them. The research adopted an integrative approach, so that it looks at literary texts in an integrative way, using the inductive approach that is based on extrapolating the material, and extracting everything related to the personalities that preceded the poets time, whether that time was close to his time or far from it, with the use of other methods to reveal On literary texts and their appropriate scientific analysis, such as the descriptive, which is based on describing and highlighting the material, then the analytical, which decodes its code and clarifies its purposes, and then the artistic method, which is concerned with studying the role of language and poetic imagination; By integrating these approaches, the research achieves its objectives. The research concluded that Abu Nawas took his summons as a proof and witness to what he aims at, and to demonstrate his cultural ability that he enjoys. Spinning has a large presence in the employment of ancient historical figures, and that; Because they are close to the same Abu Nawas after the Khmeriyat, as some supplications were made to his satire in the form of a caricature, loaded with connotations of irony; To influence the spelled, and the summoning was represented by Abu Nawas in a number of mechanisms, including: calling the character by his name directly, or through the mechanism of nicknames, or the mechanism of metonymy, or one of its actions, or a necessary of its requirements, or one of its words. The research believes that modern studies should continue to study the phenomenon of summoning among poets in general, and poets of the Abbasid era in particular. To complete the vision about this era and its creativity and creators.

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Saeed Alzahrani, M. (2022). Evoking the Characters in the Poetry of Abu Nawas. Adab Al-Rafidayn, 52(89), 143–182. https://doi.org/10.33899/radab.2022.174426