Media and Poetry from the Perspective of Arabic Literature in Nigeria
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2019-04
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Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki Nigeria.
Abstract
Literature of all societies is said to have interrelated and shared similar features, with which is being characterized. That is why there is venturing of societal and traditional peculiarities from one society to another, with the view to imbibing the ideas of one another in the field of literature. Hence, poetry as a genre of literature is the most powerful and applicable to all activities and performances of life. It encompasses the media aspect since the time immemorial, especially in the era of the ancient Arabs. Therefore, this paper concentrates on the study of media and poetry in the Arabic literature and relates it to the contemporary ways of disseminating information through media in Nigeria. In view of this, the paper is prepared under three chapters and subheadings; chapter one: an introductory part of the study, chapter two: the poetic media in the ancient time of Arab and chapter three: a literary criticism on the sampling poetic media of Arabic literature in Nigeria. The methodology adopted for this write up is historical and analytical method, and finally, it indicates from this study that poetry is widely used to the extent that covers the media aspect at all age.