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The Mahjar Poetes

The Mahjar Poetes. Emigration 1900-1920 The Arts (al-funun) - Nasib Aridah Al-Sa’ih-Haddad The Pen Association 1920- Jibran, Nuaymah. Jibran Khalil Jibran 1883-1931. Priest of Mahjer movment Rebelious romantic Anti-clerical Books: The Prophet, Jesus Son of Man, sand and foam Themes:

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The Mahjar Poetes

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  1. The Mahjar Poetes

  2. Emigration 1900-1920 • The Arts (al-funun) - Nasib Aridah • Al-Sa’ih-Haddad • The Pen Association 1920- Jibran, Nuaymah

  3. Jibran Khalil Jibran 1883-1931

  4. Priest of Mahjer movment • Rebelious romantic • Anti-clerical • Books: The Prophet, Jesus Son of Man, sand and foam • Themes: - The soul has a separate existence above the impurity and adulteration of the body. (neo-Platonic) - The poet as a prophet-like figure, an enlightened individual who is not in harmony with the rest of the society which is incapable of his vision and insight. (romantic)

  5. The Processions (al-Mawakib) 1919 - Two voices each has its own meter - Dialogue • The Forest (al-Ghab): ideal life represented in the purity of nature.

  6. Mikha’il Na’aymah 1889-1988

  7. Orthodox seminary in Ukraine. • Acquainted with theatre, opera, ballet, and Russian literature. • Graduated from the university of Seattle 1916. • Introduced freedom of expression. • Believed that the soul of the poet can produce rhyme and meter. • Advocate the incorrect use of grammar and syntax. • Message passes from the soul of the writer to the soul of the reader

  8. Ilya Abu Madi 1889-1957

  9. Received little formal education • Provided musical expression to the mahjer movement. • Poetic narratives • Poetry of moods and ideas (romanticism and attitude to the existence). • Later works (human condition, metaphysical doubt, uncertainty) • Al-Talasim

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