Exile And Resistance In Palestinian Literature PDF Download

This comparative study revolves around the prose works of two Palestinian poets: Dhakira li- l- nisyan / Memory for Forgetfullness by Mahmoud Darwish and Ra'aitu Ramallah / I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti. Both their lives and lite rary works intersect during pivotal eras of contemporary Palestinian history and comp liment one another by providing a comprehensive literary perspective of Palestinian exi stence. Repetition reinforces memory, and the repetition of memory provides a means of intellectual resistance. Both Palestinian poets use memory as an intellectual fo rm of literary resistance. Darwish uses voluntary memory, whereas Barghouti employs involuntary memory. The repetition of their memories establishes counter narrati ves to the imposed Israeli version of history. Existential repetition depicts the endur ance of existence as perceived by Darwish in Beirut and by Barghouti in R a mallah. Both poets are products of their times and equally use literary repetition. Darwish transmi ts a feeling of nostalgia when using literary repetition, whereas Barghouti conveys a feeling of ressentiment. Influenced by historical recurrence, Darwish relies on literary recurrence, whereas Barghouti uses the "swing of life" to portray the present Pa lestinian Barghouti and Darwish represent the Palestinian people; their works therefore pertain to Palestinian resistance literature. Paradoxically, both poets attempt to discover a "new language" while their people either demand the "old language" or are vict im to the "linguistic architecture" of the international global order. As the two Pale stinian strive to attain a more humane language for the global culture, equally they are estranged from the Palestinian people and are exiled in the Palestinian Diaspora . Both realize there is no return from exile; there will be no return with a full sense of belonging to the land of Palestine.