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INCLUSION OF HISTORICAL FIGURES BY BLIND POETS IN ANDALUSIAN LITERATURE

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Husam Mahmoud Jasim, Prof. Dr. Sadiq Batal Hurran
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.s3.245

Abstract

Blind poets in Andalusian literature rely on Arab heritage in drawing their poetic images. They see Arab history as a prominent element in their poetic experience and of great significance and worthwhile .They call upon historical, Islamic, political, literary, and artistic figures, as these figures have a greater presence than others. Perhaps they do so because they see these figures, including pre-Islamic figures, as the origin of the moral values and noble qualities brought by Islam, which they called for and established. Therefore, they tend to draw from the source, as they imagine it to have a greater presence in the reader's mind. This does not diminish the religious character that also originated from these figures, which embodies the highest levels of morality and the best qualities. There are figures that have gained significant attention and distinction in Arabic poetry from pre- Islamic times until today. We notice that blind poets have drawn inspiration from these positive and negative figures, which contain various interpretations that the poet invests in expressing some experimental aspects and their position, to gain a kind of completeness and inclusiveness, and to add to it that historical and cultural dimension that gives it a color of majesty and antiquity (1). The feeling of poets, including the blind, of the importance of employing historical figures is such that we can hardly find a collection of Arabic poetry without a historical, Islamic, or other figure. Therefore, these poets began to draw on this heritage and employ it in their poetic experience. They sought to evoke its dimensions, advantages, and implications in an intelligent way that ensures its permanence and continuity, as well as a connection with the reader who, in turn, tries to seek the elements of that character. For this reason, they resorted to transferring the historical figure from its old reality to the new world of creativity. The creativity of the product in its way of presenting the text and employing it in a way of analysis and understanding of the text according to its cognitive inventory of that character, gives the reader multiple implications and dimensions. This is because "historical figures are not just transient cosmic phenomena that end with the end of their real existence, but they also have their comprehensive and renewable significance – throughout history – in other forms and formats."(2)

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