Al-Shahham, Abdullah A-M. A.

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2013-06-26T14:04:25Z

1989

This thesis, the first serious study of Nizär Qabbäni in any language, has two main objectives. The first is to undertake a critical analysis of his political poetry, while the second is to offer a translation of the poetry which forms the basis of this study. The Introduction to Part One treats the critical approach used, reviews previous works on Nizär and discusses the sources for a study of the poet. CHAPTER ONE gives an account of Nizär's life and cultural formation, and is largely based on material not previously available, or scattered through a number of different sources. CHAPTER TWO deals with Nizär's concept of poetry, covering his definition of poetry, his revolt against old poetical forms and his views on the relationship between the public and poetry. CHAPTER THREE reviews the origins of Arabic political poetry and then goes on to discuss Nizär's view of the relationships between political power and the poet and between poetry and revolution, and goes on to discuss his attitude to "committed poetry". CHAPTER FOUR analyses Nizär's nationalist poetry, and deals with his criticisms of Arab society, his reactions to such events as the British, French and Israeli attack upon Egypt of 1956, the Algerian War of Liberation, the Palestine disaster of 1948 and Arab unity. CHAPTER FIVE concentrates on the results of the Arab defeat in the June War of 1967 and the rise of the Palestinian movement as these are reflected in Nizär's poetry. CHAPTER SIX analyses the poems composed by Nizär on the October War in which he tried to forget the wounds of the 1967 defeat. CHAPTER SEVEN deals with his elegies upon the death of Nasser. CHAPTER EIGHT discusses the Civil War in Lebanon and the destruction of Beirut, which ushered in the final stage of Nizär's poetic development. These chapters are followed by a short conclusion and a full bibliography. Part Two of the thesis is a translation of the political poetry, accompanied by the original Arabic poetic texts.

329951

http://hdl.handle.net/1842/7378

eng

University of Edinburgh

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Political poetry of Nizar Qabbani: a critical study and translation

The political poetry of Nizar Qabbani: a critical study and translation

PhD Doctor of Philosophy