Document Type : Scientific- Research Article

Authors

• Ali Najafi ivaki ¹
• SayedReza Mirahmadi ²
• baharh samadi ³

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Kashan University, Iran.

² Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Semnan University, Iran.

³ PhD student, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Kashan University, Iran.

Abstract

No doubt myths have played an essential role in contemporary Arabic poetry and Arab poets have frequently used different myths for the purpose of enriching and enhancing their poems, as well as preventing them from being purely lyrical. From among Greek myths, the myth of Prometheus has different significant implications and therefore has attracted the attention of Arab poets in such a way that they have used different aspects of this rich source to express their internal feelings, conflicts and crises in life. The purpose of this research is to study Prometheus myth in Arabic contemporary poetry and the way it has been applied in the poetry of five contemporary poets, namely Aboul-Qasem Echebbi, Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati, Badr Shakir al-Sayyab, Boland-al- Heidarai and Jabra Ibrahim Jabra. All these poets were attracted to this resource because they wanted to emphasize the instability of civilizations and show the political and social upheaval of different periods in spite of their differences. Their outlook vary from hope to hopelessness and from convergence to divergence.

Keywords

• myth
• Prometheus
• fire
• curse
• agony
• human
• rebelliousness