Unveiling Thaha Husein's controversy on classical Arabic literature existence (critical methodology of the book ‘Fi al-adab al-jahili’)

Muzakki, Akhmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9811-664X (2020) Unveiling Thaha Husein's controversy on classical Arabic literature existence (critical methodology of the book ‘Fi al-adab al-jahili’). Lingua, 15 (1). pp. 11-22. ISSN 2442-3823

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Abstract

Descartes' philosophical thinking influences the method of literary criticism developed by Thaha Husein, namely, cogito ergo sum 'I think, therefore I am.' To ensure that something exists, it must be doubted first. Likewise, the existence of jahili Arabic literature, which was conveyed verbally from generation to generation, did not rule out counterfeiting. However, Thaha Husein only saw the existence of jahili Arabic literature autonomously by denying the external factors surrounding it. Though literary works are manifestations and reflections of socio-cultural conditions that establish dialectical relations with the author, therefore, the extrinsic aspects that exist outside the text that characterize the original building of literary works cannot be ignored.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	criticism; method; sociology of literature
Subjects:	20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2005 Literary Studies > 200527 Arabic Literature (al-Adab al-‘Arabī) > 20052702 Naqd al-Adab (Arabic Literary Criticism) - Nadlariyat (Theoretic)
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities > Department of Arabic Language and Letters
Depositing User:	Akhmad Muzakki
Date Deposited:	27 Nov 2020 15:37

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