The poetry of the northern diaspora, a reading of the factors of renewal

Abstract

It is known to those who follow the renewal movement in Arabic poetry; That there are two schools that appeared in the North and South American diaspora, at the hands of the Arab poets who immigrated to them, and the movement of renewal began to make its way in these two schools, and it seems that each of the two movements or schools was not aware of the other until late in their development, after that The basic principles of both of them had been straightened out. The school of the northern diaspora was distinguished by its renewal more than the school of the southern diaspora as a result of several factors that the research will be exposed to at the time. It also found differences between the two schools that can be summarized as follows:

1- In terms of quantity: the poetic production of the poets of the southern diaspora is superior in quantity to the production of the northern diaspora, and the southern diaspora is characterized by the abundance of prose writers in it, and the poets are famous despite that, to the exclusion of others.

2- In terms of renewal: The poets of the North are distinguished by the fact that they led the wave of renewal in Arab poetry in the diaspora. They are the ones who revolutionized the form, content, language and dialect, and they are the ones who introduced abstract themes and philosophical positions to poetry, and through their hands Romanticism succeeded in entering poetry. As for the poets of the south, despite the long period they spent in their school from the school of northern poets, they remained within the main current of Arab poetry and culture, and they remained less effective and daring towards renewal, despite the fact that “in comparison to their contemporary poetry that was written in Arab countries, they were They often show a broader view, a deeper perspective, a clearer view of man and life. If we return to the form, we find that they remain within the framework of the old two-part form, and unified rhyme, with successful examples of quatrains, short bhurs, and variations of the muwashahat style. In terms of the subject, themes appeared in the imaginary journeys of the sons of Al-Maalouf, and there was a clear romantic tendency, and a daring to experiment, and other than that, they were writing on topics similar to the topics of their contemporary poets in the Arab world. As for the dialect, most of the production of southerners was characterized by a direct rhetorical tone full of self-affirmation.