Date of Award
2017
Document Type
Open Access Dissertation
Department
Comparative Literature
First Advisor
Alexander Beecroft
Abstract
This dissertation examines poetry of Daʿd Ḥadād, Sanieh Ṣālḥ, and Ryāḍ Ṣālḥ al- Ḥsīn and the dominant role of place in their poetry. My dissertation is specifically interested in nonconformist modern Syrian poetry, especially women’s poetry and poetry focused on place and space. I approach my analysis from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective and hence will draw on theoretical frameworks from Arabic studies, poetry discourse, and theory of place. Drawing on these different critical frameworks, my research analyzes representations of modern Syrian poetry with a focus on the writing of women and the poetry of nonconformity in its expression of individual anxiety in modern Syria, which, in turn, reveals the link between self and place. This dissertation explores the following questions: Why is place a useful critical lens to analyze non-conformist Syrian poetry, and why does place allow us to connect the poems to a critical posture? What is the relationship between place and poetic approaches to individuality?
Rights
© 2017, Manar Shabouk
Recommended Citation
Shabouk, M.(2017). Narrating Pain and Freedom: Place and Identity in Modern Syrian Poetry (1970s-1990s). (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/4422