Poetry of Witness in Selected Poems of World War II and the War on Iraq
Noha Muhammad M. Hanafy;
Abstract
Abstract
This dissertation aims at comparatively analyzing selected works from World War II and the War on Iraq in an attempt to trace the poetics of witness and survival in the poetic expressions of these two historic events. World War II and the War on Iraq have both been linked in the narrative and rhetoric leading to the latter. The consequences of both being expansive, this dissertation tries to discuss selected poems by Anna Akhmatova, Czeslaw Milosz and a number of Iraqi poets to show the extent to which Witness Poetry might be considered one of the most expressive modes of writing and reading about the traumatic experience of war these various poets have witnessed. It also highlights the ways in which the abovementioned poets reacted to war and the extent to which their poetry was a means of survival and eventually reconstructing their own reality.,
This dissertation aims at comparatively analyzing selected works from World War II and the War on Iraq in an attempt to trace the poetics of witness and survival in the poetic expressions of these two historic events. World War II and the War on Iraq have both been linked in the narrative and rhetoric leading to the latter. The consequences of both being expansive, this dissertation tries to discuss selected poems by Anna Akhmatova, Czeslaw Milosz and a number of Iraqi poets to show the extent to which Witness Poetry might be considered one of the most expressive modes of writing and reading about the traumatic experience of war these various poets have witnessed. It also highlights the ways in which the abovementioned poets reacted to war and the extent to which their poetry was a means of survival and eventually reconstructing their own reality.,
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| Title | Poetry of Witness in Selected Poems of World War II and the War on Iraq | Other Titles | شعر الشهادات في قصائد مختارة عن الحرب العالمية الثانية والحرب على العراق | Authors | Noha Muhammad M. Hanafy | Issue Date | 2018 |
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