Reading in my books Al-Tadhkira Al-Fakhriyya and Al-Tadhkira Al-Saadiyya - A descriptive study

Abstract

Poetic selection occupies a prominent place in the imagination of the Arab reader. The major selection books such as Al-Mufaddaliyat, Al-Asma’iyat, and Al-Hamasat have guided the Arab poetic taste for a long time. After that, poetic tickets appeared that followed in the footsteps of the selection books. The two tickets, Al-Fakhriyya and Al-Sa’diyya, are the best example of the late selection. They are on opposite sides. The Fakhriyya ticket tends toward modern and elaborate poetry and uses the Arabic poetic arts such as the Mawaliyya, the Muwashshah, and the Dubayt in light of a clear critical vision, while the Sa’diyya ticket tends toward conservative poetry and does not possess a clear critical sense. The importance of the two books lies in the fact that (altadhkira Al-Fakhriyya) is a reflection of the development of late poetic and critical sensitivity towards elaborate poetry and Arabic poetic arts, while the importance of the (altadhkira Al-Sa’diyya) lies in its preservation of hundreds of poetic selections from two lost Hamasas by Abu Hilal al-Askari and Ibn Faris.