The image of Beloved Man in a Diwan: Until the Beginning of Poetry, by Sarah El-Zein

Abstract

This research deals with the most important features of the presence of the beloved man in the Diwan: “Until the Beginning of Poetry” by Sarah Al-Zein; The presence of a man is a remarkable topic, and an urgent idea in her poetry, which calls for contemplation of the various representations of his presence, and consideration of their meanings. The study was divided into an introduction, a preface, three sections, a conclusion, and a list of the sources and references. The preface included an explanation of the thematic approach and its importance in modern criticism, given that thematic is a semantic reading that reveals the apparent or implicit meaning, and is concerned with interpreting the text, preferring to probe the literary work through the repercussions of language. The thematic approach is an approach that is open to a number of other approaches, such as psychological and hermeneutic; Which made it the most effective approach in studying the subject of the beloved man in its texts. Three chapters, dealt with the most prominent images of the presence of the beloved man in her poetry, namely: the captivating man, the absent man, and the arrogant man. In the conclusion, she summarized the most important results of the research, and the most prominent recommendations reached. The search revealed the status of the beloved man; It is one of the topics that preoccupy Sarah's mind the most, and dominate her creativity while writing.