This study discusses the phenomenon of Arabic literary criticism that occurred during period ignorance. By knowing critical phenomena existed jahiliyyah period, it will be known how character at time was. Literary was still very simple, namely by determining good and bad or comparing works with one another based on their natural taste. The result can seen in Muallaqa>t which some best poems ...

Literature, in addition to its aesthetic and artistic aspects, has always been a reflection of social and cultural realities and characteristics of its respective era and society. Sociological criticism is a relatively modern method in literary criticism. The method studies the structure and content of literary works and their relation to the structures and evolutions of the societies where the...

The novel as a modern literary genre is generally regarded as the realization of its main character's journey from immaturity to a status of maturity. The character, usually an uncomplicated person unable to cope with the complexities of life at first, gains an insight and understanding to handle his/her complex situation accordingly later in the novel. It is usually agreed in both literary cri...

image is the most operative and commonly used term in the field of literary criticism which has been in use since along time ago and became much favorite and accepted during the new renaissance criticism in the literature of western world. two terms of icon and iconography, at present and in the field of literary criticism , are much commonly used. icon or image considers as one of the main bas...