期刊名称：Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
电子版ISSN：0975-2935
出版年度：2011
卷号：3
期号：4
页码：443-480
出版社：Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
摘要：Within the parameters of the critical theories of Mikhail Bakhtin, this paper critically explores the text of the most controversial long poem in the history of modern Arabic literature (Mudhafar al-Nawwab's masterpiece "Watariyyat Layliyya/Night Strings")in addition to other selected texts in order to illuminate the poet's attitude toward major issues , integral to thecontemporary socio-political scene in Iraq and the Arab world , like oppression, displacement,struggle and search for identity in addition to his attempt to revolutionize the consciousness of the Iraqi/Arab people at times of crisis, catastrophe and political turmoil. The paper alsoexamines the hostile attitude of the poet toward the atrocities and brutalization committed by well-established dictatorialregimes in the Arab world in addition to the aggressive/hegemonic policies advocated by imperialistic and repressive agencies in theregion.Intervening in narratives of revolution, ideology and resistance, the paper attemptsto break new ground in modern Iraqi literature byproviding a critical / analytical framework through which the politicaland radical poetry of Mudhafaral-Nawwab is filtered interms of thematic structures and poetic techniques inorder to open new horizons in trans-cultural studies andpave the way for new research landscape in contemporary Iraqi / Arabic poetry
