Abstract
Exile and Globalization are two postcolonial terms that reflect the reality of the communities and the influence of such terms on the lives of the people inside or outside their communities. Exile and globalization have gained special concern in the poetry of Abdullah Al Baraduni, a Yemeni poet. The article traces the influence of such terms upon the lives of Yemenis through two selected poems of Al Baraduni. Both terms would lead one of them to the other; in exile, the person would be distanced from his culture, language, tradition, religion and separated from his community, as a result, the person will be permeated by the global cultures that do not recognize any cultural or social restrictions on the other aspects of lives. Al Baraduni reflects a live picture of the Yemeni community in particular and the Arab community in general and how the person feels exiled in his/her country. Globalization makes the international communities get smaller and establishes many crossroads in their daily lives. Through these two postcolonial terms and through two poems of Al Baraduni, the article addresses these two concepts in Al Baraduni's poetry and how he depicts their influence upon the community in very attractive image, using brilliantly metaphorical images and interesting expressions that make exile and globalization as unavoidable terms in the lives of Arab people. Al Baraduni explicates the influence of exile and globalization upon the Yemeni lives in particular and the Arab world in general. It is inescapable influence reflected in all aspects of daily lives.
Highlights
Late Al Baraduni is one of the pioneers in the area of literature, poetry in Yemen and in the Arab world in general
Al Baraduni addresses in the selected poems the influence of globalization and its manifestations that cause problematic and confusion in the identity of the Yemenis
Exile ideology makes Yemenis subservient to its consequences and they live the life of exile inside/outside their country
Summary
Late Al Baraduni is one of the pioneers in the area of literature, poetry in Yemen and in the Arab world in general. He depicts the daily lives of the people and the routines they may go through in their country His small nation, Yemen, and big world of Arab people catch his attention to write about the social and cultural issues, sacrifices and the sufferings to reach an honorable life under corruption of the rulers or exile and globalization enforced them to live different lives that are not matched with their simple dreams and their optimistic look to the future. Irony and satire in Al Baraduni's poetry have occupied a large space and they are employed to serve the criticism of social, cultural, and political reality He has selected an ironic title for many of his poems, including: Vacuum Pioneer, Behind the Wind, Astonishing the Astonishment, We: Our Enemy, A Song of Wood, Sana'a in A Plane, Struggler in The Bed, Lightening Hunter, Winds Friend, Bad Advice, From Exile to Exile, Invasion from Inside...etc. These two poems will be analyzed to recognize to what extent the poet succeed to depict the two postcolonial concepts and what are the techniques used to make the picture closer to the mind of the readers, using very simple language and alive images to make the readers understand the message behind such poems
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