Hagaras an archetype matriarch : a comparative study of Ostriker’s “the opinion of Hagar” and Kahf’s “Hagar in the Valley”
Other Title(s)
هاجر كنموذج للأمومة : دراسة مقارنة بين قصيدة أوسترايكر "رأي هاجر" و قصيدة قحف "هاجر في الوادي"
Author
al-Shayi, Suhayr Nafi Abd al-Aziz
Source
Journal of Scientific Research in Arts
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 17 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.581-602, 22 p.
Publisher
Ain Shams University Faculty of Women for Arts Science and Education
Publication Date
2016-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
22
Main Subjects
Sociology and Anthropology and Social Work
Abstract EN
This paper marks out the archetype figure of Hagar, one of the most revisited examples of motherhood in the corpus of Islamic and Jewish studies.
The researcher shows that both Alicia Ostriker, Jewish-American poet and critic (born 1938), and Mohja Kahf, an Arab-American poet (born 1967), attempt feminist readings of Hagar’s story.
The study tackles Hagar in Ostriker’s poem “The Opinion of Hagar” and Kahf’s “Hagar in the Valley”.
Both poets retell their traditional Jewish and Muslim narratives and depend heavily on scriptures and religious heritage.
Through Hagar’s story, they both reflect on contemporary cultural issues; discrimination against women and the hardships faced by immigrants are two main issues that Ostriker and Kahf see in the story of Hagar.
Yet each poet has a different focus and different manners based on adaptation and appropriation of the original story.
The reinterpretation of Hagar’s narrative depended on the poets’ religious sources, as well as on each poet's reception of the narrative.
The two poems of ‘Hagar’ are considered a recovery for the female voices that have played a significant role in the development of women’s religious history in the United States of America.
With intertextuality, the two poets situate the narrative of Hagar as an archetypal and mythical figure for all women and as a key text in interfaith dialogue between Judaism and Islam
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Shayi, Suhayr Nafi Abd al-Aziz. 2016. Hagaras an archetype matriarch : a comparative study of Ostriker’s “the opinion of Hagar” and Kahf’s “Hagar in the Valley”. Journal of Scientific Research in Arts،Vol. 2016, no. 17, pp.581-602.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-873028
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Shayi, Suhayr Nafi Abd al-Aziz. Hagaras an archetype matriarch : a comparative study of Ostriker’s “the opinion of Hagar” and Kahf’s “Hagar in the Valley”. Journal of Scientific Research in Arts No. 17 (2016), pp.581-602.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-873028
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Shayi, Suhayr Nafi Abd al-Aziz. Hagaras an archetype matriarch : a comparative study of Ostriker’s “the opinion of Hagar” and Kahf’s “Hagar in the Valley”. Journal of Scientific Research in Arts. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 17, pp.581-602.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-873028
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes margin notes.
Record ID
BIM-873028