The Realms of Poetic Imagination in the Poetry of the Kingdom of Granada

Abstract

Research summary in Arabic: Poetry in the Kingdom of Granada carried within its folds connotations related to the spaces in which the poetic imagination roamed, in which the poets transcended the limits of reality;  This is because the realm of poetic imagination is, in reality, a transcendence of what exists. By continuing to consider this approach, poetry in the Kingdom of Granada established a distinctive mark that sets it apart not only from Arabic poetry in general, but also from Andalusian poetry in particular. This distinction stemmed from the circumstances that befell the people of Andalusia during the final phase of their presence in that land. The Kingdom of Granada represented the last refuge for Arab Muslims whose kingdoms had crumbled and whose …

This research will address the most important aspects related to the relationship of the poetic imagination to spatial space, and the psychological and social implications that result from that relationship, which were expressed by the poets of Granada in light of a tragic reality that they tried to overcome with the power of imagination. The poetic space is one of the concepts of modern criticism, forming a distinctive mark in the critical treatments of creative texts. It was customary for critical attention to focus on studying place and time separately, while contemporary critical attention focuses on studying them together, in what is called the poetic space. Textual treatments today deal with the poetic text in a holistic way, without separating time and place. Thus, these two concepts have become united to indicate the hidden aspects of the text, in which material elements combine with moral elements.