إرهاصات التأويل في النقد العربي القديم

Abstract EN

Our ancient critics such as AlJordjani, Ibn Athir and others has been interested in the issue of interpretation, to which they attached great importance being a cornerstone for the completeness of creative process and its progress.

For instance, poetic creation wouldn't be considered as part of literature and wouldn't catch attention or acceptance and wouldn't even get the desired impact unless it was ambiguous, covered with refined art where intentions were unclear and elusive, sustained by linguistic indications and signs leading to understand creator intentions, to uncover that ambiguity and make the smart reader able to interpret the text correctly.

However, interpretation requires thought and efforts to fill in blanks and to read the text in the right way, a reading that gives the text new life according to these indications.

At that moment, the reader enjoys feelings of excitement, pleasure and sweetness and therefore the exalted purpose of the literary work is fulfilled.

key words: Interpretation, creator, reader, indications, creative process.