Document Type : Original Article
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Master in Arabic Language and Literature, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Language and Literature, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran
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Associate Professor of the Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Language and Literature, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran
10.22080/ltcat.2026.29743.1007
Abstract
Ghada al-Samman is considered one of the contemporary Arab poets who express their concerns, hopes, and the current situation of Arab men and women, as well as their personal feelings and emotions, in a frank and bold poetic style. The aim of this research is to study and understand Ghada’s inner states by analyzing the colors used in her poetry based on Max Luscher’s theory. Using a descriptive-analytical approach, the poems of this artist in two collections, A Lover in the Inkpot and Eternity is a Moment of Love, were examined. According to this analysis, when Ghada describes her childhood and the past of Beirut, the colors in her poetry are diverse; however, in the rest of the collections, black and white are used extensively. In the poet’s current world—which is a mixture of life in colorful yet lifeless Paris and the war-torn situation of Beirut—black is the dominant color in Ghada’s realm of thought. Concepts such as coldness, destruction, blindness, inner darkness, the presence of night, and the dust of sorrow caused by the war in Beirut are embodied by the color black in the poet’s collection, while other colors are used to express unreachable hopes. Since black has the highest frequency, it can be said that loneliness, sadness, and darkness are the prevailing atmosphere over her psyche and personality.
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