The poetic discourse on “Serendib” in modern Arabic literature: Mahmoud Sami Al-Baroudi as a model
This article examines the impacts of Sri Lanka on the poetry of Mahmoud Sami Al-Baroudi, who was exiled there for more than seventeen years (1882-1899 AD). While no study has been done to reveal the extent to which the poet’s derivation from the Sri Lankan environment in his poetry, this researc...
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| description | This article examines the impacts of Sri Lanka on the poetry of Mahmoud Sami Al-Baroudi, who was exiled there for
more than seventeen years (1882-1899 AD). While no study has been done to reveal the extent to which the poet’s
derivation from the Sri Lankan environment in his poetry, this research will attempt to clarify the poet’s approach in
introducing Sri Lanka, showing the aspects of its nature, and then to discuss his poems about the Sri Lankan people.
In order to accomplish these goals, the inductive method was used to track the verses and poems that addressed topics
related to Sri Lanka, and then the analytical approach was employed to study and analyse those verses and poems.
The study discovered that the poet followed the approach of ancient poets in defining Sri Lanka by using the name
“Serendib”, which the Arabs called it in the past, rather than “Ceylon”, which was an official name at the time.
Similarly, the poet’s admiration for Sri Lankan nature emerged, particularly the nature of “Kandy,” where he lived for
nearly ten years of his life, and from which he derived imagery and ideas for his poetic production, that is, in some of the
poems in which he is nostalgic for Egypt, as well as in two independent poems. Concerning the Sri Lankan people, the
researcher discovered only some poetic verses in which the poet criticised the negative aspects of some of the people’s
customs and cultures, as well as some of their moral and physical nature. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:241612024-09-13T09:00:13Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/24161/ The poetic discourse on “Serendib” in modern Arabic literature: Mahmoud Sami Al-Baroudi as a model Mohammed Hafees, Mohammed Shareef Rahmah Ahmad H. Osman, This article examines the impacts of Sri Lanka on the poetry of Mahmoud Sami Al-Baroudi, who was exiled there for more than seventeen years (1882-1899 AD). While no study has been done to reveal the extent to which the poet’s derivation from the Sri Lankan environment in his poetry, this research will attempt to clarify the poet’s approach in introducing Sri Lanka, showing the aspects of its nature, and then to discuss his poems about the Sri Lankan people. In order to accomplish these goals, the inductive method was used to track the verses and poems that addressed topics related to Sri Lanka, and then the analytical approach was employed to study and analyse those verses and poems. The study discovered that the poet followed the approach of ancient poets in defining Sri Lanka by using the name “Serendib”, which the Arabs called it in the past, rather than “Ceylon”, which was an official name at the time. Similarly, the poet’s admiration for Sri Lankan nature emerged, particularly the nature of “Kandy,” where he lived for nearly ten years of his life, and from which he derived imagery and ideas for his poetic production, that is, in some of the poems in which he is nostalgic for Egypt, as well as in two independent poems. Concerning the Sri Lankan people, the researcher discovered only some poetic verses in which the poet criticised the negative aspects of some of the people’s customs and cultures, as well as some of their moral and physical nature. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2024 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/24161/1/Islamiyyat_46_1_15.pdf Mohammed Hafees, Mohammed Shareef and Rahmah Ahmad H. Osman, (2024) The poetic discourse on “Serendib” in modern Arabic literature: Mahmoud Sami Al-Baroudi as a model. Islamiyyat : Jurnal Antarabangsa Pengajian Islam; International Journal of Islamic Studies, 46 (1). pp. 187-194. ISSN 0216-5636 https://ejournal.ukm.my/islamiyyat/issue/view/1700 |
| spellingShingle | Mohammed Hafees, Mohammed Shareef Rahmah Ahmad H. Osman, The poetic discourse on “Serendib” in modern Arabic literature: Mahmoud Sami Al-Baroudi as a model |
| title | The poetic discourse on “Serendib” in modern Arabic literature: Mahmoud Sami Al-Baroudi as a model |
| title_full | The poetic discourse on “Serendib” in modern Arabic literature: Mahmoud Sami Al-Baroudi as a model |
| title_fullStr | The poetic discourse on “Serendib” in modern Arabic literature: Mahmoud Sami Al-Baroudi as a model |
| title_full_unstemmed | The poetic discourse on “Serendib” in modern Arabic literature: Mahmoud Sami Al-Baroudi as a model |
| title_short | The poetic discourse on “Serendib” in modern Arabic literature: Mahmoud Sami Al-Baroudi as a model |
| title_sort | poetic discourse on “serendib” in modern arabic literature: mahmoud sami al-baroudi as a model |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/24161/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/24161/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/24161/1/Islamiyyat_46_1_15.pdf |