Hâşi̇m Er-Rufâî and romanti̇ci̇sm in hi̇s poetry

Romanticism is an ecole founded on the ruins of the Classicism and born from its literary. It has emerged as a result of many factors in Europe. One of those factors is devastating wars across Europe. Romanticism differs from Classicism in most of its general principles. Romantics are struggling with the power of the mind and go for the emotions and feelings instead. After the spread of Romanticism in the West, it has also revealed in the Arab world. An analysis of the history of ancient Arab literature reveals that the Arab spirit is romantic. Arab literati have defined portents and characteristics to romanticism, which will be formed by their own culture. Especially after the encounter of Arab literature with western literature, the effects of romanticism were observed in all literary fields. This movement, which had a significant effect on the poems of Arab poets, was reflected in the poems of poet Haşim er-Rufâî who had a short life in the first half of the 20th century. Anyone who studies his divan and reads his poetry will see the tendency of Romanticism, especially in his poems depicting nature, woman and motherland. Key words: Haşim er-Rufâi, Poetry, Romanticism, Egypt, Literary Movement,