The Semiotics of Textual Space in the Discourse of Al-A'sha and Abu Nuwwaas: A Case Study of Liquor Dimensions Symbolism

Abstract

The textual space in literary discourse represents an important dimension in understanding textual content. This becomes evident when examining two poets who belong to completely different eras. Al-A'sha belongs to the primitive Bedouin era of Jahiliyyah, while Abu Nuwwaas hails from the Abbasid era, characterized by cultural and intellectual dynamism. Studying the signs and symbols is one of the key elements of literary work because it allows the reader to interpret and derive new meanings from them, enabling a fresh understanding of the texts that aligns with the nature of each individual era. The linguistic aspect, with its wide range of functions, plays a crucial role in the components of literary text as signs that carry their ancient connotations, ultimately referring them to the present and resulting in an effective and interactive new text capable of engaging with future texts through linguistic vocabulary.

One of the texts to be applied to this approach dates back to the pre-Islamic Jahiliyyah era, with all its cultural and social dimensions, while the other belongs to the Abbasid era. Undoubtedly, these two eras are different culturally, socially, and economically, which makes exploring textual correlations within the context of textual space important in uncovering the poetic content in the discourse of these two poets.