“Self -Fragmentation of the in Contemporary Emirati Feminist Poetry at Huda Al Saadi - critical study, analytical, comparative approach”

Abstract

Abstract

“Self -Fragmentation of the in Contemporary Emirati Feminist Poetry at Huda Al Saadi - critical study, analytical, comparative approach”

Prof. Soliman Abdelhaq.

Professor of Literary Criticism and Rhetoric.

Department of Arabic Language.

Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

Al-Qasimia University, UAE, Sharjah.

     The topic of this research focuses on studying the phenomenon of self-fragmentation in Contemporary Emirati feminist poetry through an analysis of the poetry of contemporary Emirati poet Huda Al Saadi.

    The importance of the research is the novelty of its topic; Whereas, the phenomenon of self-fragmentation in  feminist poetry in general, and Contemporary  Emirati poetry in particular, has not been affected by study and analysis in the research of critics, both past and present. As one of the phenomena of cultural criticism that highlights the relationship of the creator (woman) with the other (the man or society with its cultures, customs and traditions, or with authority), as well as revealing the woman’s pursuit of self-search, establishing identity, and resisting all causes of fall and fragmentation.

    This research is based on many elements, the most important of which are: feminist literature and cultural criticism. Including: Monitoring the fragmentation factors in Huda Al Saadi's poetry. Including: revealing the manifestations of that fragmentation in her poetry.

     In order to reach the desired results, this study uses a descriptive and analytical method. As the most appropriate for monitoring the psychological, intellectual and cultural features of this phenomenon in feminist creativity, then analyzing its various dimensions through texts that highlight visions and performance in form and content.

This study concluded with a number of results, including:

First: That Gulf feminist poetry in general and Emirati poetry in particular, has occupied a wide area of ​​creativity in the modern era, on both levels: creative and literary, especially during the last four decades.

Second: Many features of self-fragmentation have characterized this color of feminist poetry according to Huda Al-Saadi, such as a feeling of alienation, existential crisis, fear of fate, and rebellion against society. It also features attack on the other; on the premise that this attack is one of the defensive tricks to prove oneself.

Third: This fragmentation has combined a melodious revelation and howling that sometimes reached the point of screaming, and it may be molded into traditional and contemporary poetic forms and structures; it combined poetry weighted with Khalilian tunes and rhymes, and also relied on the poetry of Tafilah and the Prose Poem; with the aim of accommodating all types of intense conflict between the female and the other.

Forth: The study also concluded that the motives for fragmentation are multiple: religious, philosophical, social, and gendered or moral.

Key Words:

Self-Fragmentation, Feminist Poetry, Huda Al Saadi, Contemporary Emirati Poetry, Cultural Criticism.