Abstract Translation of literary texts, especially poetry, is one of the most difficult tasks; it requires mastery and knowledge of the language system and culture, and lack of this might lead to wrong translation. This study aimed to examine the loss and gain of the sociocultural implicit meanings in the English translations of the Mu’allaqat, and assess whether the translators of the Mu’allaq...

elegy is one of the most distinct manifestation of arabic and especially islamic poetry. since the time that human beigns have begun their life on the planet and the sorrowful destination of death has looked for them, and since the time that the fear of death has settled in their heart, they have been familiar with elegy and they have composed everlasting odes regarding it.using mournful and gl...

mohamed javad bahmanyar an iranian scholar and scientist (j330 ah/1296 a.h) has com posed apoem in rajas meter reqarding arabic sentences and it's rinds as a completion for the al , alfeya of ibn malek the andolusian. this wniier has began with an introdue tion concerning persiam learned men and writers and thair role in the field of arabic researches in the past and future. their presents...

since the days of ignorance, ode in arabic literature has been written based on a specified system and poets and critics have used this defined structure as foundation of their works. arabic ode consists of several parts, each of which is an introduction to the next part; first verse of an ode is called matla'. after matla' are placed tashbib (to mention youth affairs) or nasib (soft ...

Hesiod's Works and Days is undeniably a didactic poem. It is concerned with real problems of mankind. At a first glance it may seem as a practical guide to living and prospering in the Ancient Greek world. The title itself, along with the many parts of the poem that deal with practical issues can lead one to this conclusion. A more careful analysis, however, can show that Works and Days is more...

What does it mean to write when you inhabit the fraught borderline between Hebrew and Arabic? Well, it depends on whom you ask. In a Hebrew poem insisting that strangers can be friends, the Palestinian Israeli poet Salman Masalha infuses the statement “Ani kotev ‘ivrit,” “I write Hebrew,” with myriad shades of wonder and possibility.3 In an opposing poetic maneuver, Sami Shalom Chetrit, a Moroc...

intertextuality is a theory that by its entrance to the field of literary criticism caused excellent change in this field. according to this theory each composition, consciously or unconsciously is a birth and rereading of previous or contemporary composition. according to this theory, we saw many arabic texts that each of them in any kind or shape is in relation with classic arabic texts and –...

â  â  significance of taking notice of pronouns in the selected poems of “mahmoud darwish” â  â  â  â  fatemeh lotfigoodarzi * â  pabiyah bent alhaj maming ** â  â  abstract â â â  eltifat is one of the most prominent artistic techniques that impressively drew the attention of the old and modern poets. this rhetorical style bestows richness to texts and contributes to avoiding direct addres...