شعر خفاف بن ندبة السلمي دراسة في ضوء الانساق الثقافية

Abstract

Poetry is considered an artistic and aesthetic realm that springs from genuine talent and distinguished emotion, whether in ancient or modern times. It forms the essence of literary study that attracts the attention of critics because of its depth and obscurity, which make penetrating its secrets a challenging task. This, in turn, requires the researcher to adopt a disciplined methodology that enables deep exploration into the layers and structures of the text — hence the justification for choosing the artistic approach, as one of the methods capable of giving voice to the poetic text and analyzing it thoroughly.

This approach, adopted by the researcher, is the one most closely aligned with the nature of poetic discourse, since the poetic experience distinguishes itself through its rhythmic structure, harmonious rhyme, and genuine emotion — all of which are reflected in its language and artistic imagery with their multiple meanings. From this perspective, poetry represents a purely aesthetic field shaped by creative talent, nourished by fervent emotion, and refined through conscious experience. The human being receives it with an innate thirst for beauty, as it embodies the essence of life and the spirit of creativity capable of evoking wonder and emotional impact.

The researcher has sought to apply textual reading in light of the tools and concepts offered by the artistic approach, aiming to reach the deepest foundations of the pre-Islamic poetic text through the study of a specific phenomenon.

Although this phenomenon cannot be separated from the representations of the poetic image, the artistic approach seeks to liberate literary study from excessive details and redundancy, focusing instead on the essential indicators that provide a clear conception of the topic. It avoids overreliance on historical, geographical, or biographical contexts within critical analysis.

Thus, textual reading through the artistic approach focuses on the aesthetic and expressive aspects of the text and evaluates its capacity to create artistic pleasure and emotional impact. The poetic text asserts its presence through depth of meaning, powerful language, and diverse imagery of multiple dimensions, all of which necessitate the adoption of a precise artistic method that studies, explains, and describes literary phenomena without introducing elements external to the text’s original structur