Employment of Narrative Tradition In the Polemic Poems of Jarir , Al-Farazdaq and Al-Akhtal

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to show how the three Umayyad poets ; Jarir , Al- Farazdaq and Al-Akhtal have consciously and skillfully employed in their poetry som ancient Arab legends ,historical events and wars as they provide atrue image of the values and customs of the peoples who lived before them . Their employed , how ever, takes avarying degrees depending, to alarge extent , an the vast but personal knowledge of each poet the past tradition , and practices . Jarir ,in many respects out , stands the first , Al-Farazdaq , the second and Al-Akhtal , the third .