الوطن المنفي: تمثلات الاغتراب والهوية في قصيدة "يوليسيس" لعدنان الصائغ

Abstract

This research examines the representations of the "Homeland" in the poem "Ulysses" by the Iraqi poet Adnan Al-Sayegh. It serves as a poetic model reflecting the tragedy of alienation and the fragmentation of national identity within a distressed political and social reality. The study adopts a textual analysis approach to unravel the semantic structure of the poetic image and the underlying symbols representing the homeland, exile, and the self.

The research focuses on the psychological, symbolic, and referential dimensions of Al-Sayegh’s experience, tracing themes of nostalgia and the quest for belonging. In his work, the homeland manifests as a latent and

 painful concept, while exile becomes a forced alternative that reshapes identity.

The study aims to demonstrate the capacity of modern poetry to reconstruct the image of the homeland through a subjective experience where memory intertwines with longing. It further highlights language as a tool of psychological and cognitive resistance against displacement. The research concludes that "Ulysses" constitutes a cohesive poetic discourse that engages with the homeland not as a physical place, but as a perpetual question of identity.