The Stylistic Structures of the Love Scene in Turfa Bin Al-Abd’s Mualaqa ‘The Hanging Poem’

Abstract

The research aims to study the stylistic structures of the love scene of Turfa Bin Al-Abd 's Mualaqa ‘The Hanging Poem’. It has been divided into an introduction and four sections discussing: The phonetic level, the compositional level, the semantic level, and the pictorial level. The research applies the psychological stylistic approach. The most prominent findings of the research are: Viewing the partial structure of the love scene, according to the psychological stylistic approach, which highlights the deep link between the author and the text as the semantic structure varied in this section revealing the psychological dimension through the semantic structure of the scene and through the poet’s use of the vocabulary; in addition to the role of the phonetic structure and the structural methods and its deep connotations which is mixed with the feeling self, expressing its emotions. The mental image had its presence, which highlighted the hidden meanings in Turfa’s life. The study recommends the researchers to further study the ancient text in order to give it a new life which matches with the literary and critical lesson development.