Human Relations: An Analytical and Cultural Appraisal of Models of Ancient Arabic Poetry

Abstract

This study adopts a different perspective on cultural criticism through which it proves, unlike previous studies, that the cultural pattern is a place plagued by ugliness and a suitable environment for aesthetics. Consequently, this study presents a cultural analysis of human relations in some models of Arabic poetry within its pre-Islamic, Islamic and Umayyad eras. Under the heading of "Cultural Criticism Transformations", the study is divided into two sections: the first section presents a theoretical background of the study and the second section provides an analytical procedure according to the following subsections: Do not care/Get more insistence, Materialistic temperaments/ Human thinking, and Graying: a sign of transformation/tension. A major finding is that the Arabic poetic discourse contains similar cultural patterns upon which conflicting human relations can be revealed.