Two Sources for Abu Dhuʾayb al-Hudhali's Famous Elegy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8968729 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ali Ahmad Hussein (0000-0002-0640-8678, University of Haifa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 213-233 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743821000027 |
| OpenAlex | W3172994577 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
This article considers the celebrated elegy by the classical 7th-century Arabic poet, Abu Dhuʾayb al-Hudhali — his ʿayniyya , which ends with ʿayn as a rhyming letter. Analyzing the poem's structure and comparing it with that of two poems composed by Abu Dhuʾayb's teacher, Saʿida b. Juʾayya al-Hudhali, leads to the conclusion that Saʿida's two poems were the main sources on which the pupil drew to create his poem. The sophisticated changes that Abu Dhuʾayb introduced in structure and content, however, made his poem more memorable than those of his teacher. The article raises another question, to which there is, as yet, no definitive answer: what was the true inspiration for Abu Dhuʾayb's poem? Was it the death of his sons, as is traditionally believed, or was it literary: to surpass his teacher in composing a more skillful poem
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |