Psychological Suggestive Connotations in Fahd Al-Askar’s Poetry

“Woman and Wine” Poem as a Model

Bibliographic Data

ID21805129
AuthorsIsmeel M M Al-Gayam (Al-Balqa Applied University), Basma A S Al-Rawashdeh (Al-Balqa Applied University), Ahmad H M Bany Essa (Al-Balqa Applied University), Mahmoud Ali Rababah (0000-0002-0930-4030, Jadara University)
Year2025
Volume16
Issue1
Pages107-117
Publication date2025-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Language Teaching and Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1798-4769 • E-ISSN: 2053-0684
PublisherAcademy Publication (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.17507/jltr.1601.12
OpenAlexW4405956052
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

This study explores the existentialist ideas and perspectives of the poet Fahd Al-Askar played a prominent role in challenging societal values and traditions, which he viewed as obstructing freedom and social justice. The study employed a descriptive analytical approach to analyse Al-Askar’s poetry. The results revealed that Al-Askar, as a poet with a mission, undertook the defense of his society's people, striving to spread intellectual and religious freedom. He used the themes of “woman” and “wine” as effective tools to convey his intended message. The “woman” was both a means and an end: a means to provoke societal taboos through sensual poetic descriptions, and an end to advocate women's recognition of their existence, identity, and right to participate equally in social roles alongside men. Sensual depictions served more as a pressing tool rather than an intrinsic purpose. As for “wine,” it represented another tool that Al-Askar utilized to challenge traditional societal norms. Being religiously forbidden, it served to create tension and provoke the customs of a conservative and committed society. By focusing on the central connotations of both “woman” and “wine,” Al-Askar infused them with suggestive and psychological peripheral meanings to produce the desired implications

Art · Literature · Poetry · Psychoanalysis · Visual arts · Wine · Education and Islamic Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies · Philosophy · Psychology

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