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272/01 Arabic/English Literary Relations                        Mid Term  2

December 24,  2003

Answer  one question ( The First Question or  The Second Question).

 

1.                                                              The First Question

1.a. How do the exiles of  Jabra and   of Sayigh  affect  the contents and styles of

      their poems?

 

1.b.Compare and contrast their poems in terms of the heroism of the Palestinians,  

      the Arab passivity, and the image of the Waste Land.  Refer to the following   

      four poems

          1.c.“ Aydan wa Aydan”,

          1.d.“Bayt min Hajar”,

          1.e. “Yawmiyyat min ‘Am al-Waba”,  

          1.f. and “Mu’allaqa”.

 

1.g.. Who is the speaker { I }of the following Poem?  Who is {You}? What is the

        title? Analyze it and show its modern features that do (not) resemble T.S.     

        Eliot’s. .

                                New pains have come which words cannot ease

                                And you are far, having fortified yourself against us by death.

                                Perhaps you knew what was going to come.

                                “… And no Christ or man stretches out a hand to me.”…

                                How wonderful the night is,

                                Gobbling numbers and hours

                                Letting down its veils to test,

                                To end

                               And not to end.

 

 2.                         The Second Question                                             

  2.a.Who are the three camps of poets in the 1950s and after ?

2.b.Name the group  that  cites pagan allusions , Christian concepts of “sin ,  

       cross, and Golgotha  ”, among others. .

2.c.Name the group that cites Marxist phraseology and similar diction.

2.d.Name the group that  cites the important   use of mono-rhyme  poems with  

       the Khalili meters, and  the repertoire of the past poetic diction ,among 

       others..

 

2.e. Define ‘Modernity’.

2.f. What is meant by ‘Tummuz Movement’ ?  Which group in 2.a.does the  

         ‘Tummuz Movement’ belong to ? Why?

2.g. What are the sources of this movement? Explain.

2.h. Name seven Arab poets( just names) who belong to this group?

2.i.Define ‘Objective Correlative’?  Who first used it in criticism? Elaborate.

2.j.Identify the following quotations ? (Titles , Poets, and meaning)

 

 The First Quote                  Here is no water but rock

                                              Rock and no water and the sandy  road…

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The Second Quote                                 How we die then give us your water

                                                                Alas ! You are stone-hearted and merciless ….

2.k.Compare the content and style of the two poems in 2.j. in terms of the use of the

       concept of resurrection and  symbolism of ‘rain’

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