Symbol and Mask in Modern Libyan Poetry

Abstract

Egypt was the nucleus of the modern Arab renaissance and its pioneers had a supreme role in spreading this culture in the Arab world, which led to the Arab countries responding to each other in both intellectual and literary fields, such as the school of the northern and southern diaspora, the Apollo movement and the school of free poetry.

Many pioneers in this field emphasized that they were influenced by each other in most literary aspects, such as al-Sayyab and Khalil al-Hawi, as well as poets of the Palestinian resistance, but this movement was delayed in Libya because the classical Islamic school dominated most poetic purposes.

However, the Libyan poets' acquaintance with the products of the poets of the East made them interested in the sacred poetry that it contains from modern poetic trends.

At the end of the sixties, many periodicals and magazines appeared that had a good effect in refining poetic talents in Libya.