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Poetry and Architecture: A Double Imitation in the Sīniyyah of Ahmad Shawqī.
- Source :
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Journal of Arabic Literature . 2008, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p72-122. 51p. 8 Black and White Photographs. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- This study explores the Sīniyyah of Ahmad Shawqī (1868-1932) in relation to that of al-Buhturī, focusing on the meaning of architecture. His Sīniyyah poem, entitled "The Journey to al-Andalus," is well-known as a mu˛āradah (imitation) of the Sīniyyah by an eminent ˛Abbāsid poet, al-Buhturī (821-897 C.E.). Shawqī's Sīniyyah can be seen as a double imitation of poem and architecture. On the one hand, Shawqī's work is a literary imitation of a neo-classical poet imitating a classical poet. On the other hand, it is a description/imitation of Andalusian architecture. His act attempts to reconstruct a lost past, one through the verbal imitation/emulation of a verbal art work/monument, the other through the verbal description of plastic/architectural monuments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ARCHITECTURE in literature
*POETRY (Literary form)
*IMITATION in literature
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00852376
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Arabic Literature
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32579269
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1163/157006408X310852