Philosophical dialogue in Arabic diaspora literature with special reference to ‎Kahlil Gibran’s poems

Munas MHA
Department of Arabic, Faculty of Islamic Studies & Arabic Language, South Eastern University, Sri Lanka.

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Abstract

Philosophy regulates the functioning of human life. Good philosophies are the cross-cutting faces of human life. This theoretical thinking in Arabic literature dates back to the Jahiliyya period. Arab literary figures that, have appeared throughout history, have made significant contributions to the regulation of human life by conveying philosophical ideas in their literary works. These philosophical dialogues have the potential to elicit a positive response in solving the various social, economic and political issues of human life. In this manner, the Lebanese Arab diaspora poet Khalil Gibran is one of the foremost contributors to the Arabic literary world. The research tries to introduce Arabic diaspora literatue and poet Khalil Zibran and to express the theoretical and social ideas expressed in his poems. For this purpose, descriptive and analytical methods were used and studied. The poet Khalil Gibran writes in these poems all his philosophical thoughts and social views, and speaks in it with the senses of nature and its details, arguing that nature is the cause of complete happiness and that the world is free from hypocrisy. This is what he describes as the characteristic of souls who strive to achieve their distant goal behind perfect human life away from the false world of materialism.

Keywords

  • Arabic language,
  • Philosophical dialogue,
  • Arabic diaspora literature,
  • Kahlil Gibran,
  • Poem

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MHA, M. . (2022). Philosophical dialogue in Arabic diaspora literature with special reference to ‎Kahlil Gibran’s poems. Indian Journal of Tamil, 3(1), 13–20. https://doi.org/10.54392/ijot2213

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