Yousef Sh'hadeh

The Poet and Existence - Text Contents and the Interaction of Reality, Myths and Symbols in Hatif Janabi's Poetry

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a critical study of five poetry collections by the Iraqi poet Hatif Janabi (H¿tif Jan¿b¿) published between 1998 and 2017. This study seeks to address essential aspects of Janabi¿s poetry, related to its ideational and philosophical contents, focusing on the major milestones of the poet¿s imaginative world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9788323350088
• ISBN-10: 8323350086
• Artikelnr.: 63197643

Autorenporträt

Yousef Sh'hadeh is assistant professor in the Institute of Oriental Studies at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. The Poet Between Two Expatriates 11
1. Hatif Janabi: Life and Works 13
2. Exile and Alienation 16
Part II. Single and Collective Hero ¿ Humanization, Animalization and
Objectification 49
1. Single and Collective Hero 51
2. Humanization, Animalization and Objectification 57
Part III. Title Indications, Allusiveness and Symbols 81
1. The Semantics of the Title and Its Symbolic Hints 83
2. Semantic Possibilities of Symbols, Vagueness, and Mystery 100
3. Symbolic Connotations of Blindness and Vision 117
Part IV. Textual Openness and Employment of Myths, Religions,
and Holy Books 131
1. The Use of Legends and Their Implications 133
2. Mythical and Religious Symbols, God and Sacred Books 150
Conclusion 173
Bibliography 177
Summary in Arabic 181