Contemporary Arabic poetry

Saleh Hwaidi

Between the old and the new, and between the stability of the meter and the freedom of meaning, the Arabic poem goes on a long journey of transformation and experimentation.
Dr. Saleh Huwaidi presents an in-depth critical reading of contemporary poetic experiences, attempting to reveal the aesthetic and intellectual structure of the modern poem through applied models that combine artistic analysis and intellectual vision.
Huwaidi sheds light on the features of the transformation that Arabic poetry experienced in the twentieth century, and traces the impact of modernity on language, image, and rhythm, to draw an accurate map of the position of the new poem in the Arab literary scene.
It balances academic study with aesthetic taste, and opens the door for the reader and researcher to discover how the Arabic poem – despite all the transformations – has remained a mirror of the spirit, humanity, and time.