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Between Exile and Elegy, Palestine and Egypt: Mourid Barghouti's Poetry and Memoirs.
- Source :
- Journal of Arabic Literature; 2014, Vol. 45 Issue 2/3, p244-264, 21p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This article reads the migration of poetry and memoirs by the Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti (Murīd al-Barghūthī) in the context of Egypt's January 25, 2011 Revolution. At the start of 2012, the Cairo-based Barghouti dedicated excerpts from his 2005 booklength poem Munta?af al-layl (Midnight) to the Ta?rīr martyrs. The poem's own migration, interwoven with the exilic geography of Barghouti's life and work, plots the intersection of exile with a new form of elegy in the contemporary Arabic literary scene. This new form of elegy, I argue, develops a revolutionary poetics by advancing images of heroism, martyrdom, and life. The poet's memoirs I Saw Ramallah and I Was Born There, I Was Born Here illustrate the intertwined poetics of exile and elegy, tracing a transnational network of affiliations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- POETRY (Literary form)
ARABIC poetry
ELEGIAC poetry
HEROES
MEMOIRS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00852376
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 2/3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Arabic Literature
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 99990642
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1163/1570064X-12341286