Study and analysis of cultural references in Nazik Al-Malaika’s poetry from the perspective of cultural criticism

Abstract

The Iraqi poet (Nazik Al-Malaika) is considered one of the first pioneers of modern Arabic poetry, and she is credited with her attempt to root the creative and psychological components of that poetic movement. It transcended the established borders to establish another Arabic poem that is different from the prevailing taste, rigid structure and firm rules. It does not focus on a specific aspect of developing its culture, but rather entered the world of culture and thought through several doors. The creative part in the soul and the upper judgment in the heart are the essence of the uniqueness of the human poet, and it is the secret of her complex alienation as well. Therefore, she found the inferno of consciousness at a time when others were enjoying their ignorance, and preferred misery in the search for an example of happiness of sensual values, and she submitted herself to a long rule of completeness and travel within the self, desiring a stifling reality, and from here, her true love was and will remain the beloved still in the unseen embraced by a soul hidden and traveled with him to an infinite world of light and purity.