Imagination and Reality in the Creativity of Al-Ma'arri (The Epistle of Forgiveness as a Model)

Abstract

Literature is an important element that cannot be dispensed with. Rather, it is the indicator of the civilization of nations and its preserver. Imagination is an important part in shaping and shaping this cultural element. Rather, it is the process that leads to the formation of an image that is distant from reality or that may be from pure imagination, that is, it does not exist at all in reality. Living reality, as imagination has the ability to bring the far closer together, distance the near, and connect the components.

The starting point of this study is the rich message of forgiveness, which has received remarkable attention from Arab and non-Arab scholars. They have examined its elements with study and scrutiny, and literature that has met such acceptance and spread deserves to be re-studied. In an effort to complete the picture of him, and to seek the secrets of creativity in him that are evident in his imagination and realism.

   This research monitors reality and imagination in the literature of Abu Al-Ala Al-Maarri through his letters, with the aim of revealing his literary creativity and his extraordinary imaginative ability.