Visual Patterns in (The Skies of the Cloudy Text) by the Poet Ammar Kashish An Analytical Study

Abstract

   A close examination of the trajectory of modern Arabic poetry clearly reveals the significance of visual systems in constructing meaning within the poetic text. Modern Arabic poetry is no longer confined to a single mode of formation or a unified methodology, due to the continuous evolution of critical approaches and the frequent and substantial emergence of literary phenomena. Visual systems play an effective role in presenting the aesthetic features of meaning in the poetic text and in capturing the reader’s attention; therefore, they constitute one of the essential foundations upon which the poetic text relies, as a result of the numerous sensory perceptions embedded within it. Visual systems in texts generate multiple meanings in light of the semantic transformations of their elements, in addition to their aesthetic configurations, which invigorate the recipient with both intellectual and sensory pleasure.

      This study aims to elucidate the importance of visual systems and their role in the mechanism of meaning production within the poetic text. It also seeks to understand these systems and to probe their components through the deconstruction of their fundamental signs, regardless of whether the poet employs these visual systems deliberately and consciously, or whether they conceal an underlying purpose.

     The significance of the present research, entitled “Visual Systems in (Samāwāt al-Nasṣ al-Ghāʾim) by ʿAmmār Kashish”, stems from two main perspectives. The first lies in the novelty of addressing the phenomenon of visual systems in poetry, while the second involves shedding light on the efforts, poetry, and literary production of ʿAmmār Kashish, who is one of the contemporary poets and writers in Dhi Qar Governorate.

      The research comprises an abstract, an introduction, a brief account of the poet’s life, and a definition of visual systems both linguistically and terminologically.