Lect. Muhanned R. K. Al-Sultani

Department of English, College of Arts, University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq

DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v8-i2-04

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ABSTRACT

This paper discusses and demonstrates how the Western literary movements, especially romanticism, symbolism, and surrealism, have strongly influenced modern Arabic poetry. For this reason, the paper focuses on three major modern Arab poets who represent such influence: Gibran Khalil, Saeed Akl, and Ounsi El-Hajj. The paper used a descriptive method to describe the literary characteristics of these three writers and concluded that western poetry has strong effects on the modern Arabic poetry.

KEYWORDS:

Influence, Modern, Poetry, Romanticism, Surrealism, Symbolism.

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Volume 08 Issue 02 February 2025