Manifestations of National and Nationalist Consciousness in Ahmad Shawqi's Resistance Poetry (An Objective and Artistic Study)

تجلّياتُ الوعيِ الوطنيِّ والقوميِّ في الشِّعرِ المُقاوِمِ عندَ أحمد شوقي (دراسةٌ موضوعيّةٌ فنيّة)

Abstract

“Manifestations of National and Pan-Arab Consciousness in the Resistance Poetry of Ahmad Shawqi”A Discourse-Analytical and Ideological Critique This study employs discourse analysis and ideological critique to examine the construction of national and pan-Arab consciousness in the resistance poetry of Ahmad Shawqi. Rather than reading Shawqi’s verse as a direct historical response, the research approaches his poetry as a discursive field in which power, identity, and cultural authority are negotiated through aesthetic form. The poem is treated as an ideological site where language functions not merely as representation but as intervention, actively contesting colonial narratives and reconfiguring collective consciousness. Through close analysis of rhetorical structures, symbolic systems, and modes of address, the study demonstrates how Shawqi’s poetic discourse produces meanings of belonging, resistance, and moral legitimacy. Attention is given to the ways rhythm, imagery, and intertextual memory operate as mechanisms of ideological positioning, transforming aesthetic expression into a form of cultural struggle. The research further situates Shawqi’s discourse within its socio-political context, revealing how inherited cultural memory is strategically mobilized to challenge hegemonic power and cultural marginalization. The study concludes that Shawqi’s resistance poetry constitutes a coherent ideological project in which aesthetic practice and political consciousness converge, positioning poetic language as a critical force in shaping collective identity and oppositional thought.