The Theme of “Hopelessness” Among the Diwan School Poets: The Example of Abbas al-Akkad

Name: The Theme of “Hopelessness” Among the Diwan School Poets: The Example of Abbas al-Akkad
Author: Rümeysa, Zeynep UYLAŞ

İsim	The Theme of “Hopelessness” Among the Diwan School Poets: The Example of Abbas al-Akkad
Yazar	Rümeysa, Zeynep UYLAŞ
Basım Yeri	Istanbul - Istanbul Universitesi/Istanbul University
Konu	Poets
Tür	Kitap
Dil	ara,eng
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Danimarka Kraliyet Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	ISSN: 0578-9761, EISSN: 2717-6916, DOI: 10.26650/jos.984132
Kayıt Numarası	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_7d8b773668024a128f86530cf592dd12
Lokasyon	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notlar	The formation of a new literary movement—as a result of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the nationalist movement that dominated the world—gave rise to many new tendencies and schools of thought. Poetry, the most important tool influencing the Arab masses appeared as nationalist and political poetry,as a reflection of modern society, and as anti-colonial poetry born of the French and British occupations. Especially after the 19th century, the literati and intellectuals in Egypt and Syria carefully followed the pioneered literary, political, and ideological movements. For example, there was the Neoclassical School formed by Baroudi (1839–1904), Ahmed Shawqy (1868–1932), and Hafez Ibrahim (1871–1932). It focused on the revival of Arabic poetry and considered ancient poetry as an inspiration for its structure and subjects. Subsequently, the poets of the Diwan School, consisting of Abbas al-Akkad (1889–1964), Ibrahim Abdel Rahman Shokry (1886–1958), and Abdal-Qadir al-Mazny (1890–1949), performed a series of innovations in Arabic poetry and literary criticism, and led the modern literary movements that followed, such as Mahjar and Apollo. This movement, which focuses on modern poetry in Arabic literature, includes a completely different perspective from ancient poetry. Specifically, the value of poetry is in the sincerity of the poet’s feelings (sidku’ş-şi’r). The theme of “hopelessness,” which came to the forefront because of the social and political dilemmas and uncertainties that dominated the period and the influence of Western Romantic poets, is clearly seen in their poems. Thus, we examine this particular theme by using the example of Abbas al-Akkad, the strongest representative of this school.
Telif Hakkı	2022. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.
Görüntüle	Sarkiyat Mecmuasi, 2022-04, Vol.2022 (40), p.235-252

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The Theme of “Hopelessness” Among the Diwan School Poets: The Example of Abbas al-Akkad

Yazar Rümeysa, Zeynep UYLAŞ

Basım Yeri Istanbul - Istanbul Universitesi/Istanbul University

Konu Poets

Tür Kitap

Dil ara,eng

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Danimarka Kraliyet Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası ISSN: 0578-9761, EISSN: 2717-6916, DOI: 10.26650/jos.984132

Kayıt Numarası cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_7d8b773668024a128f86530cf592dd12

Lokasyon DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notlar The formation of a new literary movement—as a result of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the nationalist movement that dominated the world—gave rise to many new tendencies and schools of thought. Poetry, the most important tool influencing the Arab masses appeared as nationalist and political poetry,as a reflection of modern society, and as anti-colonial poetry born of the French and British occupations. Especially after the 19th century, the literati and intellectuals in Egypt and Syria carefully followed the pioneered literary, political, and ideological movements. For example, there was the Neoclassical School formed by Baroudi (1839–1904), Ahmed Shawqy (1868–1932), and Hafez Ibrahim (1871–1932). It focused on the revival of Arabic poetry and considered ancient poetry as an inspiration for its structure and subjects. Subsequently, the poets of the Diwan School, consisting of Abbas al-Akkad (1889–1964), Ibrahim Abdel Rahman Shokry (1886–1958), and Abdal-Qadir al-Mazny (1890–1949), performed a series of innovations in Arabic poetry and literary criticism, and led the modern literary movements that followed, such as Mahjar and Apollo. This movement, which focuses on modern poetry in Arabic literature, includes a completely different perspective from ancient poetry. Specifically, the value of poetry is in the sincerity of the poet’s feelings (sidku’ş-şi’r). The theme of “hopelessness,” which came to the forefront because of the social and political dilemmas and uncertainties that dominated the period and the influence of Western Romantic poets, is clearly seen in their poems. Thus, we examine this particular theme by using the example of Abbas al-Akkad, the strongest representative of this school.

Telif Hakkı 2022. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.

Görüntüle Sarkiyat Mecmuasi, 2022-04, Vol.2022 (40), p.235-252