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- Title
Contemporary Arab graffiti: Motivations, themes, and characteristics.
- Authors
Danawer, Ftaim Ahmad
- Abstract
The study sought to prove the literary and expressive value of Graffiti and distinguish it from absurd scribbles. It builds on previous research on graffiti and contemporary works that dealt with it from a social perspective. It also aimed to shed light on the phenomenon of graffiti, give it the attention it deserves, trace the artistic values it harbors, evaluate it and examine it attentively, using the integrative method for analyzing texts from psychological, social and constructive perspectives. The study started with a discussion of graffiti in the ancient era, as reflected in the poetry of strangers. Then, it examined the motives and reasons lying behind these writings in terms of style, tool, context, and structure. This is added to the restriction of norms, marginalization, social repression, self-expression and communication. All these factors furnished the ground for a large section of society to create a tool through which they could display their art. Graffiti texts included three themes: love, life, and humor as a feature, all of which painted public life with its diligence and humor. These texts shared characteristics with literature, and distinguished itself with formal, moral and constructive features, which forged them into a kind of hybrid literature outside the context of traditional literary standards worthy of appreciation and study
- Publication
University of Sharjah Journal for Humanities & Social Sciences, 2023, Vol 20, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
1996-2339
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.36394/jhss/20/1/3