Exploring poetic prose in "Thakirat Al Jasad" and "A Quiet Love Story"
Subject Areas : شعر
toraj zainivand
1
(Professor at Razi University, Department of Arabic Language and Literature)
maryam akbari
2
(razi)
aliakbar mohseni
3
(razi)
Keywords: Comparative literature, aesthetics, poetic prose, Thakirat Al Jasad, A Quiet Love Story,
Abstract :
Poem and prose are to literary genres with their particular functions. Prose follows a logical approach to describe an event, while poem is mainly based on emotions, feelings, and imagination. At times, however, prose deviates from its logical, descriptive approach by influencing the readers' emotions. Such a kind of prose is known as poetic prose. It is believed that the two novels of Thakirat Al Jasad by Ahlam Mosteghanemi (1953) and A Quiet Love Story by Nader Ebrahimi (1936-2008) possess traces of poetic prose. Adopting a descriptive-analytic approach, the current study examines poetic prose elements in these two novels based on the American school of comparative literature, whose scope is not limited to influence, but emphasize similarity, comparison, and literature aesthetics. Findings indicate that internal music (repetition and alliteration), metaphor, simile, oxymoron, verb contrast, and synesthesia are most outstanding manifestations of poetic prose in Mosteghanemi and Ebharimi's novels. The presence of these features have made their prose poetic, attractive, imaginative, beautiful, and refreshing. The difference between the two novels is that Mosteghanemi has used a significantly larger number of implicit metaphors in Thakirat Al Jasad.
