الشعرية العربية المعاصرة و سؤال تجنيس قصيدة النثر

Abstract

Arabic poetics, throughout its history, had undergone several changes that propelled it from orthodoxy towards unorthodoxy. The newcomer that is “prose poetry” is perhaps the most worrying change according to some, as it does not belong to an established literary genre. In the sense that, poetry is a genre of its own, and so is prose, with both possessing peculiar characteristics of their own. Naturally, this created several confusions and questions on the matter of assigning prose poetry a genre or an identity that categorizes it. Some critics labelled it as poetry, whereas others deemed it a form of outright prose. However, a third group of critics argued that it is a distinct genre in its own right. This particular disagreement serves as the main motivation behind our attempt to explore the subject even further; from the etymology of the term itself to the subject of assigning it to a literary genre. The latter is necessary since it is difficult, if not outright impossible, for a literary creation to remain without categorization and without gaining legitimacy in the literary world