A Comparative Study of Movement Schemas in the Poems of Omar Khayyam and Elia Abu Madi (Based on the theory of cognitive semantics)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran.

Abstract

Comparative literature is a kind of interdisciplinary research that talks about the interaction between the literatures of nations. Cognitive semantics is one of the methods of studying language and includes a set of theories, among which the visual schemes are the most pivotal. Omar Khayyam is well-known for his literary position and quatrains in this respect. Precisely, due to his poetic taste, he has expressed his philosophical insights in the form of quatrains. Elia Abu Madi, who is known as a unique poet in Arabic literature, has been influenced by Khayyam's worldly viewpoint in philosophical matters. The present study, after providing general definitions on the subject of cognitive semantics in the framework of visual schema theory in a descriptive-analytical manner with a comparative approach of the American school, is an attempt to study the effect of philosophical and mystical themes on the movement schemas of the Iranian poet "Omar Khayyam" and "Elia Abu Madi". The results of the research show that the thoughts of the two poets on the movement scheme of the concepts like death and the instability of the times are similar in multiple cases. On the other hand, Nothingness and instability are the hallmarks of Khayyam's movement schemes, but Abu Madi believes in the movement scheme of moving from one place to another. The movement schemes condemn the fear of death and the need to use the moments of life and the philosophy of well-being in the poems of both poets. 

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Article Title [العربیة]

دراسة مقارنة لمخططات الحرکة فی قصائد عمر الخیام وإیلیا أبو ماضی (بناء على نظریة الدلالة المعرفیة)

Abstract [العربیة]

الأدب المقارن هو نوع من البحث متعدد التخصصات الذی یتحدث عن التعامل بین أدب الأمم. الدلالة المعرفیة هی إحدى طرق دراسة اللغة وتتضمن مجموعة من النظریات أهمها المخططات المرئیة. اشتهر عمر الخیام بمکانته الأدبیة ورباعیاته؛ بسبب ذوقه الشعری ، فقد أعرب عن رؤیته الفلسفیة فی شکل رباعیات. إیلیا أبو ماضی، المعروف بالشاعر التفائل فی الأدب العربی، تأثر بنظرة خیام فی الأمور الفلسفیة. هذه الدراسة، بعد تقدیم تعریفات عامة حول موضوع الدلالة المعرفیة فی إطار نظریة المخططات المرئیة، بطریقة وصفیة تحلیلیة وبمنهج مقارن للمدرسة الأمریکیة، تسعى لدراسة وتحلیل تأثیر عمر الخیام على أفکار أبو ماضی؛ وتتطرق لمواضیع الفلسفیة والصوفیة لعمر الخیام الشاعر الإیرانی وإیلیا أبو ماضی الشاعر العربی. تظهر نتائج الدراسة أن أفکار الشاعرین حول مخطط الحرکة لفکرة الموت وعدم استقرار العصر متشابهة فی حالات وفی حالات مختلفة. العدم وعدم الاستقرار هی السمات الممیزة لمخططات حرکة الخیام، لکن أبو ماضی یؤمن بمخطط الحرکة للانتقال من مکانٍ إلى آخر. المخططات الحرکة فیما یخص ذم الخوف من الموت وضرورة الاستمتاع من لحظات الحیاة وفلسفة الرفاهیة فی قصائد الشاعرین متشابهة.

Keywords [العربیة]

  • الدلالة المعرفیة
  • المخططات الحرکیة
  • عمر الخیام
  • إیلیا أبو ماضی

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Research in Comparative Literature
Volume 13, Issue 3 - Serial Number 51
September 2023
Pages 77-97

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