The Aesthetics of the Literature of the Crazy (Al-Bahloul Literature as a Model)

Abstract

The purpose of the literature of the insane is not to expose the literature of people with schizophrenia. This literature was found in a period of political suffocation, genocide and abuse in the Abbasid era of the Alawis and the Shiite sect. This type of literature falls under the umbrella of gnostic literature, resistance literature, struggle literature, and missionary literature. This research paper undertakes the study of the literature of Wahb ibn Amr al-Kufi al-Sayrafi, nicknamed al-Bahloul, as a model for the literature of the madmen, and its importance is reflected in the knowledge of the methods of this literary current that did not see the light.