Psychoanalysis of Literary Mind of Arabs through the Descriptions of She'b Bawwán

زبان و ادبیات عربی

Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 5, January 2012   

Document Type: research article

DOI: 10.22067/jall.v3i5.11178

Authors

Dr. Majid . Bahrevar^* ; Dr. Mahmood Heidari

Abstract

Description of the nature in Arab literature of Jáhilyya (Bedouin) was a salient aspect of its artistic and rhetorical manner. Moreover after Muslems dispersion in other occupied territories, description of the landscapes suited more to the taste of Arabs. Though She'b Bawwan (the Vale of Bawwán) has remained unknown in history and literature of Iran, it has been more well-known and memorable in Arabic writings as one of the four earthly paradises of the Muslems. The visitors' descriptions of the Vale of Bawwán declare the reputation of this ancient pass among Muslem geographers and tourists, and likewise beauties of the vale, as a literary subject, motivated and inspired several men of letters of Arabs.
In this article referring to Arab's literary subjectivity, we will psychoanalyze the whole images relating to natural and geographical elements of Bawwán vale which are described by imagery tropes and dream mechanisms. By this imaginary and dream we aim to find an appropriate psychological answer for Arabs' unilateral literary attitude towards the subject.

Key words: She'b Bawwán, description, psychoanalytic criticism, Arabic literature, Mutanabbi.