Veiling in Omar Abu Risha’s Ode ”the Vulture”

Subject Areas : Contemporary Literature Studies

Nahede Fawzi ¹ , Fariba sadeghi marasht ²

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic Literature, Tehran Northern Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - PHD Student, Department of Arabic Literature, Tehran Northern Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2012-11-20 Accepted : 2012-11-20 Published : 2012-04-01

Keywords: الرمز, Innovation, القناع, Veil, Key words: Omar Abu Risha, Vulture, الکلمات الدلیلیة: عمرأبوریشة, الحداثة, النسر,

Abstract :

  Omar Abu Risha a Syrian modern poet has experimentedclassicandromanticliterary schools relying on worthy heritage of Arabic poems and moved forward in his poem completion approach using methods and techniques of Western poetry.He alsotried the symboliclanguage. And veiling techniques in his immortal poem “Annaser” i.e. "Vulture" through his numerous travels and reviewing Western writers’ works is inspired by symbolic poets; including American Edgar Allan Poe and French Charles Baudelaire.And the vulture has been used since the pre-Islamic era and now in Arabic literature as a symbol of strength and pride. And in this poem is an illustration of many symbols. It symbolizes one the one hand the poet's self Highness and his superior ability to cope with difficulties and disappointments. On the other hand, is a symbol of the Syrian people as well as the veiling of the Arab world in general. So, we have decided to choose this poem reflecting poet obsessed with modernity in order to exchange and study.