Beta
266696

An Anarchist Reading of Ahmed Fouad Negm’s Poetry

Article

Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

Studies in World Literature

Abstract

Anarchism, which is considered “the “revolutionary movement of the twenty-first century," has attracted many contemporary writers who have been motivated by its strong opposition to totalitarian ideologies and authoritarian governments. Recently, anarchism has developed into a literary theory. Taking the anarchist literary theory as a framework, this paper attempts to analyze some anarchist elements as reflected in Ahmed Fouad Negm. Negm is known for his political poetry through which he speaks out against governmental oppression. He is one of the rebellious political activists and poets in contemporary Egypt. In his poetry, he always sympathizes with the poor and oppressed, and expresses his contempt for Egyptian corrupt and dictatorial figures. He directs his harsh and sever criticism towards all kinds of authorities and dreams of a free society which depends on mutual aid and in which each individual counts regardless of his race, color, religion, or social class.

DOI

10.21608/tjhss.2022.266696

Keywords

anarchism, anarchist literary theory, Ahmed Fouad Negm, vernacular poetry, anarchist poetry

Authors

First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

Elshikh

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

English Department Faculty of Arts Damnhour University

Email

asmaa.soliman@art.dmu.edu.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ebtihal

Last Name

Elshaikh

MiddleName

Abdelsalam

Affiliation

Tanta University

Email

ebtihalelshaikh@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

Volume

3

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

37311

Issue Date

2022-10-01

Receive Date

2022-03-04

Publish Date

2022-10-01

Page Start

16

Page End

35

Print ISSN

2636-4239

Online ISSN

2636-4247

Link

https://tjhss.journals.ekb.eg/article_266696.html

Detail API

https://tjhss.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=266696

Order

266,696

Type

Original papers

Type Code

1,090

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Transcultural Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Publication Link

https://tjhss.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

An Anarchist Reading of Ahmed Fouad Negm’s Poetry

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023