The Poetic Experience in our Critical and the Rhetorical Heritage
Qassim M. Moumani, Arabic Dept., Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
Abstract
This paper discusses the poetic experience in our critical and the rhetorical heritage through three sections:
Firstly: the concept of poetic experience.
Secondly: the material of poetic experience.
Thirdly: the criteria of poetic experiment.
At the first level, the poetic experience is made up of three constituents: talent, culture and practice. From the classical view, the importance of talent is defined through obtaining and forming the substance of experience. But talent by itself is insufficient in this process, since it needs a supporting culture, and knowledge of literary rules for a more deep and refind poetic work. Practice, on the other hand, is not less important, from the view of our classical critics, it is usually attained by continuous efforts, or by being a close companion to a certain poet, or by memorizing poetry.
At the second level, the classical critic conceived life as the space or origin of poetic experience. Life, however, has what can evoke or does not evoke people, and thus, the greatest meaning of people and their intentions and concerns.
At the third level, the paper has tackled the criteria of poetic experience: the truthfulness or falseness of the poetic experience, it's unity or plurality, it's clarity or ambiguity. In short, the success or failure of the poetic experience relies on what the poet provides of truthfulness, unity, or clarity.