ECO RESISTANCE IN THE POETRY OF MAHMOUD DARWISH

مقاومة بيئية في شعر محمود درويش

  • zia Al Rahman مدرس ضيف، مركز دراسات غرب آسيا، كلية الدراسات الدولية، جامعة جواهر لعل نهرو، نيو دلهي
Keywords: Eco-Criticism, Nature, Poetry Resistance, Mahmoud Darwish, مقاومة بيئية ، الطبيعة، شعر, محمود درويش

Abstract

Eco criticism is a new and growing field and quite a recent phenomenon in the world of literature. This study stamps to analyses three poems of the Arab poet Mahmoud Darwish using selected concepts from eco-criticism as a way of opening up this field to Arab world academics. The premise of the research was impelled by the generally agreed view that every society and culture has their own way of interacting with nature, which in turn can illustrate a culture’s worldviews, norms and values. It can also provide insights as to how nature has been used by certain poets to further their agendas. This paper mainly dwells on selected poems that have natural objects as their main focus and which show how Darwish utilized nature as a form of resistance to colonialism. Such poems of Darwish could be used to illustrate how eco-criticism might contribute to an understanding of Arab resistance during the colonialist period. The research shows that the Arab poet, Mahmoud Darwish had a special way of educating Arab people to resist through “green” poems that were engineered on natural environment.

Published
2016-01-01