Magical Realism in the Poetry of Saif al-Rahbi: Collection of Poems by Ras al-Masafar

Abstract

Magical realism and the notion of the habit in contemporary Arabic literature have a special place in the formation of the narrative text, and it is no exception that such writing is, in fact, the aspirations of a poet or to escape from everyday reality. In fact, realism is intertwined with magic, natural and supernatural issues have also formed human thought, which we will discover in the Diwan Head of the Traveler by Saif al-Rahbi. Omani poet Seif al-Rahbi blended reality with the surreal, as well as magic with the imagination to create a magical atmosphere. This collection of poems has elements of magical realism in which the poet used magic, illusion, fantasy, myth, and mystery. This is an important issue for researchers, which we will address in this article.
This research is based on the descriptive-analytical approach to discover magical realism in it and analyze its secrets in this collection of poems. It can be said that Saif al-Rahbi has used a magical equivalent in addition to using the problems of realism, and this use has been successful because the reader accepts and believes in magical issues. Perhaps this is because the poet looked at issues impartially and used them to express political, social, and economic issues in Arab societies.