A portrait of the Israeli woman as the beloved: the woman-soldier in the poetry of Mahmud Darwish after the 1967 war
Titel:
A portrait of the Israeli woman as the beloved: the woman-soldier in the poetry of Mahmud Darwish after the 1967 war
Auteur:
Al-Shahham, Abdullah
Verschenen in:
British journal of Middle Eastern studies
Paginering:
Jaargang 15 (1988) nr. 1-2 pagina's 28-49
Jaar:
1988
Inhoud:
Understandably, the treatment of the Israeli as an individual in contemporary Arabic literature has been quite limited. A significant attempt to portray an Israeli woman has been made by the Palestinian poet, Mahmud Darwish. Over the course of three poems, written at different points in the poet's career, Darwish introduces and develops the character Rita, capturing in each poem a different facet of the personal, human tragedy inherent in the love between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man. The conflicts of love, national suffering, and the inconstancy of human behaviour work against any hope for a lasting relationship between Rita and the poet. Beyond the narrative of this 'Rita trilogy', a number of points merit critical evaluation: the novelty of a compassionate portrayal of an Israeli woman in Arabic literature, and the question of whether Rita is in fact an individual or a symbol of something greater. Texts of the poems treated are provided as appendices in both English and Arabic.
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