Mohsen, Hamoud Yahya Ahmed (2025) Landscapes beyond borders: ecocritical perspectives in the poetry of Muhammad Haji Salleh and Abdulaziz Al-Meqaleh. Arab World English Journal for Translation and Literary Studies, 9 (3). pp. 41-54. ISSN 2550-1542
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Abstract
The depiction of landscape in both Arabic and Malaysian literature remains a potential area of scrutiny in the recent advent of ecocriticism. As a literary lens for reading literature, ecocriticism remains under-scrutinized within both Arabic and Malaysian literary contexts and texts. This article examines how the Yemeni poet Abdulaziz Al-Maqaleh and the Malaysian national poet Muhammad Haji Salleh engage with the concept of landscape as a symbolic and ecological connector that transcends national, cultural, and geographical boundaries of their countries. The significance of this study lies in its contribution to bridging the gap between Arabic and Southeast Asian ecocritical discourses, offering a comparative literary framework that enriches global ecological humanities. The central question explored is: how do Al-Maqaleh and Muhammad Haji Salleh poetically construct landscape as a transnational ecological connector in their respective cultural contexts? Methodologically, the study employs close reading and comparative literary analysis of selected poems by both poets. The findings have shown that despite these two poets’ varied natural settings, they seem to be alike in depicting the landscape and portraying how the relationship between the environment and humans is amplified. It also displays the ecological tie that binds both Yemeni and Malaysian landscapes. Such ecocritical reflections, as manifested in their poetry, propose new insights into man’s connection to land that transcend all geographical boundaries. Further, it is a step towards opening up the field of ecocriticism as an ecological pathway for linking landscapes across boundaries and fostering new readings of Yemeni and Malaysian literature
| Item Type: | Article (Journal) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ecocriticism, environment, literature, Malaysia, Yemen, poetry and poets |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania > PL5101 Malay P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) |
| Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button): | Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of English Language & Literature |
| Depositing User: | DR HAMOUD YAHYA AHMED MOHSEN |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Aug 2025 09:44 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Aug 2025 09:44 |
| URI: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/122947 |
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