The alienation in the poems of Hegazy and Yashab Tamanna a comparative study

Abstract

Arab and Urdu literature includes many issues and values that still need more
studies in order to shed light on them in order to benefit from them in society,
and because there are common elements between the Egyptian and Pakistani
societies due to the similarity of historical, religious, social and economic
conditions as well, so a great similarity was found In the values, customs and
social phenomena between both countries, which is reflected in the literature.
The sense of alienation was one of the most important issues that many poets
described in their poems.
Thus, the present paper investigates two great poets who have their place in
both Arabic and Urdu literature. Both of them enjoy a distinct poetic position
in the Arab and Urdu cultures, stemming from the eastern culture in general,
and the Islamic one in particular. The two poets had suffered harsh alienation
outside the borders of their countries. Ahmed Abdel-Moaty Hegazy was an
expatriate in France, while Yashab Tamanna was an expatriate in London.
Each of them has reflected the phenomenon of alienation in his poetry.
Keywords: Ahmad Hegazy, Yashab Tamanna, Arabic poetry, Urdu Poetry,
comparative Literature.