시어에 관한 현대 아랍 시인들의 견해

Abstract

The question of poetic language has significantly concerned four leading modern arab poets, Salah Abd al-Sabur, Nazik al-Malaikha, Nizar Qabbani, and Adonis. They are generally concerned with creating a poetic language by which their creativity and individulity are mintained. The main aspect of their poetic language is diction. The four poet-critics emphasize the common principles of their poetic conceptions: First, they emphasize the freedom of the poet - the freedom from submitting completely to the traditional poetic conventions. Second, they emphasize the importance of continual experimention in poetry. Third, they emphasize that modern Arabic poetry is the part of the world's modern poetry. And forth, they emphasize the solipsism of the poet in writing his poetry. But Nazik al-Malaikha believed that the innovation can be achieved by adding and modifying and building on the past, not by replacging it entirely. She is concerned with keeping the originality of the form and language of modern Arabic poetry. Abd al-Sabur concerntrates on the contemporaneity of poetry whose form and language must be inspired by its time and the individuality of the poet. Qabbani is more possessed with continuous renovations. And he is the poet most concerned with the reader. He strongly believes that poetry must be comprehansible even for the average reader. As for Adonis, he is extremely preoccupied with departing from the prevailing and familiar forms and methods of expression. And he emphasizes that it is the responsibility of the reader to understand the content of the poem.