Yongde Liu

The Manifestations of Heroic and Sublime Values in Al-Sa’alik Poetry: A Descriptive-Analytical Reading

This study asks how the heroic and sublime are aesthetically constructed in the poetry of Al-Sa’alik, and how the experiences of poverty, exclusion and peril are transformed into moral and literary value. Its main objective is to re-read selected poems by Al-Shanfar, `Urwah ibn Al-Ward, and `Ta\’abat Sharran, in additi...