The Mahjar Poetes
Emigration 1900-1920 The Arts (al-funun) - Nasib Aridah Al-Sa’ih-Haddad The Pen Association 1920- Jibran, Nuaymah
Jibran Khalil Jibran 1883-1931
Priest of Mahjer movment Rebelious romantic Anti-clerical Books: The Prophet, Jesus Son of Man, sand and foam Themes: - The soul has a separate existence above the impurity and adulteration of the body. (neo-Platonic) - The poet as a prophet-like figure, an enlightened individual who is not in harmony with the rest of the society which is incapable of his vision and insight. (romantic)
The Processions (al-Mawakib) 1919 - Two voices each has its own meter - Dialogue The Forest (al-Ghab): ideal life represented in the purity of nature.
Mikha’il Na’aymah 1889-1988
Orthodox seminary in Ukraine. Acquainted with theatre, opera, ballet, and Russian literature. Graduated from the university of Seattle 1916. Introduced freedom of expression. Believed that the soul of the poet can produce rhyme and meter. Advocate the incorrect use of grammar and syntax. Message passes from the soul of the writer to the soul of the reader
Ilya Abu Madi 1889-1957
Received little formal education Provided musical expression to the mahjer movement. Poetic narratives Poetry of moods and ideas (romanticism and attitude to the existence). Later works (human condition, metaphysical doubt, uncertainty) Al-Talasim