The Use of Dialogue in the Poetry of the Abbasid Blacks: An Analytical Study to Reveal the Psychological Dimensions of Their Inner Suffering

Abstract

This research addresses the use of dialogue in the poetry of the Abbasid blacks as an artistic and analytical approach to uncovering the psychological dimensions of their internal suffering. It proceeds from a fundamental objective: to study how these poets used dialogue, both external and internal, to express feelings of marginalization, alienation, and psychological fragmentation, employing it as a defense mechanism against the social injustice they experienced. The research problem is that the poetry of Abbasid blacks has often been approached from a social or linguistic perspective, without sufficient attention to the dialogic structure that accurately reflected their psychological struggles. Hence, the research asks: How did poetic dialogue contribute to depicting the suffering of blacks? Was dialogue a tool of psychological expression that reflected internal division and social rejection?
The research is based on three main hypotheses: first, that external dialogue in their poetry embodied a challenge to society and authority; second, that internal dialogue revealed an internal rupture resulting from a sense of inferiority or emotional separation; and third, that dialogue in general represented an artistic and psychological means of venting and protesting suffering.