Displacement in Mustafa Jamal al-Din's Poetry: A Stylistic Study

Abstract

This research aims to examine the manifestations of deviation (linguistic and stylistic “defamiliarization”) in the poetry of Mustafa Jamal al-Din, by identifying its syntactic, semantic, and metaphorical forms, and by analyzing selected poetic examples from his work. The study reveals that deviation in Mustafa Jamal al-Din’s poetry is not merely a rhetorical device, but an effective mechanism for constructing a distinctive poetic experience that balances tradition and modernity, while granting the text continuously renewed semantic dimensions. It further demonstrates that the poet skillfully employed deviation as a means of enhancing his creative and expressive capacities, resulting in poetic texts rich in intellectual and artistic connotations that contribute to the enrichment of modern Arabic poetry. The findings also indicate that deviation played a significant role in enriching his poetic experience by introducing aesthetic and semantic dimensions that break conventional patterns and open new horizons for the reader’s interpretive engagement.