Representations of the Rural Imaginary in Modern Arabic Poetry The Collection (Rain Song) as a Model

Abstract

This study explores the representations of the rural imaginary in modern Arabic poetry, using the collection Rain Song (Unshūdat al-Maṭar) as a case study. The research begins by examining the concepts of the imaginary, consciousness, and imagination, distinguishing between imagination (al-mukhayyila) and the imaginary (al-mikhyāl), and presenting various definitions of both terms. It also addresses the relationship between consciousness and art, the hypotheses of symbolic unconscious formation, and how the agricultural environment influences literary and artistic forms. The study investigates how individuals shaped by such an environment perceive the world and formulates the interrelations between the elements constituting literature from the perspective of rural communities.