ARTISTIC FEATURES OF MAQAM AL-HARIRI

Abstract

The article examines the artistic features of the maqam collection of the 11th century Arab writer al-Hariri. The authors note the genre features of the maqam (picaresque novel), which combines the properties of poetry and prose. The main features of the maqam’s narration are the elegance of the style of presentation, rhymed and rhythmic prose, the presence of the author-narrator and the hero is obligatory. Special attention paid to pictorial and expressive means – comparison, metaphor, personification, and other artistic techniques. The demonstration of poetic improvisations, verbal tricks and eloquence is the main goal of the writer. The article analyzes the specifics of the translation of maqam, which contain hints that require clarification, anachronisms, etc. Throughout the Middle Ages, Arab writers, using the maqams of al-Hariri as a model, composed their short stories in imitation of them.