Manifestations of Light and its Repercussions in the Poetry of Al-Sharif Al-Radi

(A semiotic reading)

Abstract

    By using the vocabulary of light and darkness, Al-Sharif Al-Radi expressed his thought, emotions, and vision of the universe and its manifestations, concepts, and values, through distinctive artistic methods. He used the semiotic signifier, light, for the purpose of praise in his collections, describing it as a sign of: beauty, generosity, prominence and superiority in heroism, glory, distinction, and certainty. And lamentation, while the semiotics of light was evident in the purpose of lamentation to indicate an exceptional event and a distinct history of sublimity that is associated with the character of the lamentator, with the inclusion of adjacent signs that depict his moral, and intellectual qualities.