The Significance of Social Critique in Abbasid Poetry: Abu Al-Ataheya's "Where Are the Past Centuries?" as a Case Study

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It was not in vain that Ibn Abbas described poetry as the diwan of the Arabs in his famous saying: "If you find something difficult in the Quran, seek it in poetry; for poetry is the record (diwan) of the Arabs." It is the record full of their hopes and pains, their days and victories, their victories and defeats.

From this perspective, this study comes to explore the techniques of poetic creativity in its social criticism as one of the aspects of the diwan of Arabic poetry in the poem of the Abbasid poet (Abu al-Atahiyah) in which he observes the deteriorating state of the Subjects and calls for help from the caliph al-Mu'tazz.

The study consists of an introduction that deals with the definition of the poet and his environment, the occasion of the poem, and three sections:

• Section One: The semantic contexts of the poem and its musical framework.

• Section Two: Stylistic techniques in the structures of poetic discourse.

• Section Three: Semantic fields and features of poetic images.

Then comes the conclusion, which discusses the suggestions produced by the study and its results, followed by a list of the sources and references used.

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Misr University Journal for Humanities
Volume 4, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
(linguistics and literature)
July 2024
Pages 145-195

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