It's the boat of message, waiting for the arrivals for an exciting journey in the wide sea of literature. Will you come aboard?
We set off from ourselves, searching for knowledge, truth and love in a land that awaits us all. Let us write for it with love and peace to elevate literature above the wounds of war.
Today, as contemporary writers and intellectuals, we stand in our literature, seeking to bring down the literary genie from its bottle and free this art from the shackles of the past, making it more rigid and flexible to express the aspirations of readers and the literary community.
Literary epistles: It is one of the oldest forms of Arabic literature, considered one of the most beautiful and creative gems of literature in ancient times. Epistles were sent through books carried by a trusted messenger who would travel alone or with a caravan crossing deserts and plains.
In other eras, carrier pigeons were used as a means of conveying the words of the Arabs, embracing their literary, political, and economic messages.
Literary epistles had many purposes, including praise, rebuke, gratitude, and apology.
In modern times, Arabs abandoned the art of epistles, limiting themselves to correspondences between friends among some male and female writers, which did not give this art its due and only provided readers with a sip that did not quench their thirst.
Today, we will highlight the characteristics of modern literary epistles, their aesthetic features, and the elements that differentiate them from the epistles of the past.
The aesthetic features of literary letter:
Purpose: The main characteristic of a literary letter is its aim and purpose. It is a personal literary message sent by a writer to a known person, another writer, or an unknown person, with a specific goal determined by the writer. The aim of the letter could be to clarify a certain issue, present and discuss it, or describe a place, event, or person.
Self-expression: A letter is a literary tool for self-expression, primarily reflecting the writer's opinions, feelings, values, and personal views on the world, culture, language, and society. Therefore, the letter shares the feature of self-expression with poetry, distinguishing it from the novel and the short story.
Conciseness and eloquence: A literary letter is very concise, following the Arabic tradition of brevity in eloquence. It is written in beautiful language, carefully chosen vocabulary, with vivid and swift imagery. The writer of the letter focuses on the language's beauty, conciseness, and avoidance of length, in line with the letter's nature. The length of a letter could range from 200 to 1000 words.
High language: The language of a letter, as a narrative text, is characterized by its poetic and aesthetic qualities, taking from poetry its mastery, elegance, and lyricism, and from the narrative its freedom and expansive imagery. Thus, the letter is a fascinating blend of poetry and prose, with its own unique musicality.
Artistic structure: A letter allows its writer to use various literary techniques in its construction and composition. The writer of the letter may add some poetry to make it more beautiful and weave a story within it to make it more captivating.
Historical and Artistic Value: The letter is a cultural, artistic, and historical document that may document an important historical moment or scene, describe a place and immortalize it. It has a cultural value as it is characterized by being realistic and independent of its author. It may also be an important source of knowledge; a distinguished letter is one that discusses important issues for society such as philosophy, religion, politics, society, science, human rights, love, and ethics.
Now that we have learned about the important characteristics of literary letters, it is time for us as writers to look for a partner or partners to correspond with. This is to experience the beauty and splendor of the letter and to share and serve our communities through literary letters.
The girl of the letter is sitting in a crimson palace, mourning the writers who have abandoned her palace and stopped writing to her. Have you brought some of your letters with you?
Please come and join us!
By Maher Daaboul.
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