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1 - A Comparative Analysis of the Tradition and Modernity in Arabic Dramas: A Case Study of the play 'Death of Cleopatra'
Majid Saleh BekResearchers believe that the first steps of the Arabic drama’s art, especially poem dramas, were taken by the Lebanese writer Marun al-Naqqash, the Lebanese writer. Although this art had weaknesses at the beginning, it can be said that its first steps were by and MoreResearchers believe that the first steps of the Arabic drama’s art, especially poem dramas, were taken by the Lebanese writer Marun al-Naqqash, the Lebanese writer. Although this art had weaknesses at the beginning, it can be said that its first steps were by and large acceptable. They also believe that its early stages of formation carried out by Ahmed Shawqi, the Egyptian genius poet, whose knowledge of western literature, especially French literature, strengthened his motivation to benefit from this new literary genre. Fascinated in the French literature and especially dramatic literature, Ahmed Shawqi pursued the way of the great playwrights such as Pierre Corneille, Racine and Moliere in his works. He introduced dramatic stories, as a new literary genre into the Arabic language and turned to historical poems, a way that enhanced the status of historical poem dramas. In the present article "The Death of Cleopatra" is chosen among Shawqi's historical plays. This play was written in 1927 to defend a character that Ahmed Shawqi imagined the history distorted her face. In this play, he defends surprisingly Cleopatra, the queen of the pharaonic era, and portrays her as a patriot who is infatuated with her country, Egypt. In his opinion, Cleopatra was wrongly judged by western historians. They portrayed her as a reveler and capricious woman who does not care about the interests of her country. In his historical dramas, Ahmed Shawqi is not satisfied only with plotting the events of history; rather, his goal in representation historical events and characters is to use them symbolically in order to raise moral, social, political and even psychological issues. He presents an art that is structurally complete and possessed the features of the show. Therefore, it can be said that the historical poem dramas were created and flourished by this revivalist poet under the influence of the greats of this field, such as Racine, Pierre Corneille, Moliere, and Shakespeare. Manuscript profile -
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2 - Investigating the effect of T. S. Eliot on the poetry of Yusuf al-Khal
Ali Najafi Ivaki Mina MohmmadiUndoubtedly, many contemporary Arab poets were influenced by Western literature, and the traces of world-renowned poets such as T. S. Eliot, left in that literature. Eliot's famous poem, The Waste Land, with its tragic aspect had great influences on the contemporary Ara MoreUndoubtedly, many contemporary Arab poets were influenced by Western literature, and the traces of world-renowned poets such as T. S. Eliot, left in that literature. Eliot's famous poem, The Waste Land, with its tragic aspect had great influences on the contemporary Arab poets, especially after the occupation of Palestine and in the time of the socio-cultural crisis of the Arabs, because they imagine that their land is the same as Eliot's the waste Land. They expect water to revive their life. It can be said that the unfortunate reality of the political and social conditions of the Arab countries has been the main reason for inspiring the mentioned poets from the devastated land. Meanwhile, the Syrian-Lebanese poet Youssef al-Khal is among those who have been influenced by Western literature, especially Eliot. He founded a magazine called 'Poetry' and caused a new development in the concept of poetry in the Arabic language, which undoubtedly influenced the literature of the West, especially Eliot himself. In the light of the importance of the issue and its pivotal role in understanding the poetry of Yusuf al-khal, in particular, and contemporary Arabic poetry, in general, the present study tries to reveal Eliot's influence on the thought, view and poetic form of Yusuf al-Khal through a descriptive-analytical method. One of the most important achievements of this research is that Yusuf al-Khal's concept of poetry is in line with Eliot's poetic concept in areas such as the application of historical or mythical induction, depicting the problems of a generation and a nation, Christian or Tamuzi approach. Manuscript profile -
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3 - Realism in Contemporary Fiction: A Case study of Pāiyz fasl-e āxare sāl ast (Fall Is the Last Season of the Year) by Nasim Marashi
Zarrin Taj Parhizkar Mahdiyeh KarimiThe realism originated from the need felt by the philosophers, artists, and writers to reflect the realities of human life and to discover and describe the relationships between world phenomena. In literature this exploration and description takes place through the rela MoreThe realism originated from the need felt by the philosophers, artists, and writers to reflect the realities of human life and to discover and describe the relationships between world phenomena. In literature this exploration and description takes place through the relations between characters and their relations with realistic components. The main issue in the present paper is how the components of the school of realism appear in the novel Pāiyz fasl-e āxare sāl ast (Fall Is the Last Season of the Year), as an example of contemporary fiction. Using descriptive analytical method and with the aim of influencing the realist components in the success of the novel, the authors succeeded in recognizing five realistic components such as content, political, social and economic situations, structure of the work and impartiality of the author in this work. The results of the research show that the realist components in this novel have been used as social realism in expressing important issues in the life of women in the society and as psychoanalytic realism in analyzing the behavior of characters and it has been used to a very small extent as black realism in the society in the issues of certain groups. Manuscript profile -
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4 - The Influence of the Real Characters in imārat-e- yaqubiān (The Yacoubian Building) on ʽalā al-Aswani on the Basis of Mimesis and Representation Theory: A Case Study of Zaki al-Dusuqi
Azam Bibak Sayyed Ebrahim Arman Ataollah Koopalimārat-e- yaqubiān (The Yacoubian Building) is one of the novels of ʽalā al-Aswani, a contemporary Egyptian writer, best known for its critical view of Egyptian society and government. He wrote the novel in 2002 after the name of a so called building. The protagonists o Moreimārat-e- yaqubiān (The Yacoubian Building) is one of the novels of ʽalā al-Aswani, a contemporary Egyptian writer, best known for its critical view of Egyptian society and government. He wrote the novel in 2002 after the name of a so called building. The protagonists of the novel are, in fact, the representatives of various groups of Egyptians people that al-Aswani explain their life events as a vehicle to explores the problems and difficulties of contemporary Egyptian society. This article is based on the theory of mimesis (mohākāt). According to this theory the evaluation of literary work depends on the degree of its power to reflect the surrounding realities and the degree of its honesty in showing what is reflected. Because the art is based on assimilation and impression, and the artist's function is to tell the truth accompanied with the imagination. In this research, the similarities and differences between the fictional character, Zaki al-Dusuqi and the real character, Zaki Rostam, is studied. Its most important outcome is that Al-Aswani in creating Zaki al-Dusuqi, the fictional character, has been greatly impressed from the life of Zali Rostam, the famous Egyptian artist, of his personality, living place, family background, father's socio-political status, lifestyle and financial abilities can be mentioned. Manuscript profile -
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5 - The Problem of Identity Crisis in the Post-Colonial Criticism: Clarifying the Constituents of Identity Crisis in the Narrative Analysis
Boshra Jazayerirad Faramarz Mirzaei Khalil Parvini Hadi Nazari MonazamIdentity and identity crisis is the basis of post-colonial critique deals with ego-other polemics or colonized-colonialist confrontation and its consequences on the colonized identity crisis. Identity and dependency are introduced widely in a post-colonial novel and sto MoreIdentity and identity crisis is the basis of post-colonial critique deals with ego-other polemics or colonized-colonialist confrontation and its consequences on the colonized identity crisis. Identity and dependency are introduced widely in a post-colonial novel and story writers raised repeatedly the consequences of east-west confrontations on post-colonial identity in their works, because communicate with 'other' awakes the sense of dependency to identity in individuals and leads them to an independent and distinct identity. The 'other' from eastern perspective is the colonialist west that tries constantly to destroy their identities. The contemporary Arab novel dealt greatly with the ideals and issues of the society including the identity. So, it deserves to mention that the identity crisis and its reflections in the modern story writing which is caused by east-west confrontations. Thus, considering the importance of the 'identity crisis' in post-colonial criticism and the frequency of its introduction in Arabic stories, the present study relied on the components of post-colonial criticism, descriptive-analytic method, as well as application of deduction, accuracy and comparative reading intended to present new indicators to the analysis and reading identity crisis in novels. The indicators consist of six components: self-abasement complex; westernization; schizophrenia; castration anxiety; alienation backwardness and violence. By application of these components and examining the amount of each one in the story, understanding the identity crisis becomes easier and more accurate. Manuscript profile -
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6 - Common Egyptian Proverbs versus Women Socio-cultural Identity, in the Shadow of Dominance Theory: A Case Study of Ahmad Shaolan's Book
Ehya Komasi Amir Mesgar Azra SaberiLanguage, woman and the influence of culture and society in creating language differences between men and women is a topic that has occupied the minds of many researchers for many years. Dominance theory is one of the most important theories that examines the difference MoreLanguage, woman and the influence of culture and society in creating language differences between men and women is a topic that has occupied the minds of many researchers for many years. Dominance theory is one of the most important theories that examines the difference in social status between men and women and how it reflects on each one specific linguistic behavior. Proverbs are considered the most important linguistic elements explain the lives of people in the society, so that they can be used to study the language of a woman and understand her cultural and social identity. The first volume of the book mosuʽa al-amsāl al-shaʽbyya al-misryya va al-taʽbirāt al-sāʼira (Encyclopedia of Egyptian Popular Proverbs and Common Expressions) by Ibrahim Ahmed Shaolan contains a large number of local Egyptian proverbs that shows women interpretations in a special way. Considering the importance of accent in cultural linguistic studies, we noticed that there have been very few studies about the quality of socio-cultural identity of women in common proverbs among Arabic dialects. Therefore, relying on the descriptive-analytical method and in conformity with the statistical model, we examined local women's proverbs based on the mentioned book and in the light of the dominance theory. The results that we have achieved in this study are as follows: the percentage of negative characteristics of a woman prevails over her positive characteristics. The linguistic behavior of a woman is such that when expressing her opinions and ideas, she usually chooses the nominal and declarative sentence style, in the position of competition and struggle, he chooses the style of repeated first person pronoun and in the time of despair and failure, she often turns to choosing the style of non-declarative sentence. Manuscript profile
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