ARB 3901 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Abu Tammam, Occasional Poetry, Adunis

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Arabic Language and Culture
• Course: ARB 3901
• Professor: Kamal Dib

Document Summary

For ex: the flash floods of the wadi (stream valley) can cause a sudden death: tension between aridity (dryness) and moisture, death and birth, have been a constant in the. Arab world for the entire period: also in qur"an, paradise is depicted as well-watered garden, mountains also play a major role in the cultural life of people (northern iraq, yemen, Lebanon, maghrib: provide lines of separation between different groups, provide refuge for minority groups, palm trees also resonate in arabic literature, the qur"an and hadith are filled with references to the image of palm-tree, created from. Adam"s own clay: the term sabr was often used by the vagabond (those who wander place to place to place without a job) poets of the pre-islamic period. Performance: earliest account from al-nabighah- he judged a poetry competition in ukaz, another ex of competition, in zajal, lebanon- two poets will compete for hours exchanging verses (comparable to a rap battle)