The Legend of Orpheus between the narrative and religious presence: the poem "Dar Jeddi" by Al-Sayab model

Abstract

This study provides a knowledge reading of one of the most important Greek legends, the legend of Orpheus, and the way it is used within the poetic construction of the Arabic poem. The use of this myth has varied among poets, but Badr Shaker al-Sayyab can be one of the poets who presented the legend of Orpheus in its religious spiritual form and not in its legendary ity, and the poem "Dar Jeddi" by Al-Sayab was a cognitive achievement to employ the legend of Orpheus through her spiritual discourse, the study will present the integration of the legend in the construction of the poem according to the psychological features and letters of the poet. The studyer relied on the descriptive analytical approach in showing the image of the legend of Orpheus by dividing the study into three main titles, distributed according to the following: the first title: poetry and the reference of the search for truth in legend, in which the studyer presented the meanings of legend and its composition within the literary work. Title 2: The Legend of Orpheus genesis and presence, in which the scholar presented the formation of this myth, and the way it is understood; Title 3: Dar Jeddi's poem between the legendary Orpheus and the spiritual Orpheus, a study and analysis, the studyer was able to read the poem according to the evidence of the Orphe legend, and confirm the presence of this legend from the beginning of the poem to the end.

Keywords: Orpheus, Siab, Legend, Poetry.