Symbolic Presence of the Prophets in Modern Arabic Poetry

زبان و ادبیات عربی

Article 7, Volume 1, Issue 1, February 2010   

Document Type: research article

DOI: 10.22067/jall.v1i1.3013

Author

Mohammad Jawad HasaviDr. Abbas Arab Mohammad Jawad Hasavi Abbas Arab^*

Abstract

Poets due to various social problems have tried not to limit their symbols to a specific domain but to use them in various domains such as religious ones. In such a plot, the prophets have a constructive role. Modern Arab poets have used these characters, since they carry potential indicators and are compatible with poets’ internal experiences. They use these personas to highlight their forgotten characteristics and to represent their innermost mental data in a symbolic way. However, since these symbols are closely related to vocabularies in the text, they contain various and specific meanings which are technically important and they deserve to be carefully studied. This paper deals with some of the technical values of these indicators such as exile and sufferance, patience and faith, endurance and freedom, sterility and rebirth, revolution, sacrifice and compromise.

Key words: prophets, indicators, symbol, contemporary poetry