The Lament of Abandoned Homes Between Trace and Memory: A Critical Reading of Al-Futaisi’s Poem ‘Disan’ in Light of Its Opposition to Al-Randi’s ‘Qasidat al-Nuniyya
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Al-Fitisi, plague literature, semiotics of space, Mu'aradah, Libyan memoryAbstract
This study offers a critical, analytical approach to Muhammad bin Abdul-Qadir al-Fitisi’s poem "Daysan", written about the plague epidemic in 1836 AD (1252 AH), positioning it as a paradigm of plague literature in Libyan collective memory. While highlighting the poem’s significance in the literary historiography of disasters, the study primarily investigates the mechanisms al-Fitisi employed to embody the catastrophe and personify the mountain space, transforming Mount Daysan from a silent geographical landmark into a semantic agent and a repository of memories preserving a society annihilated by the plague. Adopting a descriptive-analytical methodology rooted in the semiotics of space and the aesthetics of reception, the study conducts an in-depth critical comparison with Abu al-Baqā' al-Rundi’s Nuniyya as an imitative text (Mu'aradah). It reveals an aesthetic strategy predicated on "reanimation through imagery" and the personification of the mountain to construct a linguistic paradise compensating for the lost social paradise. Furthermore, the character Salma functions as an objective correlative to a collapsed moral system. Finally, the study underscores the text's enduring vitality through subsequent poetic imitations (Mu'aradah), pentameters (Takhmis), and historical documentation by Al-Tahir al-Zawi and Ahmed al-Sari, which elevated the poem into the heart of Libyan national memory
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