The Aesthetic of child Poetry in Diwan Hope by Nasser and Hajishi

Abstract

Writing Poetry for children requires the availability of aesthetic foundations so that
the text acquires its poeticity, while at the same time, it should be borne in mind that that
the content is of great importance in poetry destined to the child. But in addition to the
purpose of benefiting, the children’s literature also has its aesthetic goal as “children are
rhythmic by nature”. And in order for the text to succeed it the poet must take into account the child’s perceptual characteristics. The nature of the reader necessitates that he be careful
in choosing his artistic items in order to achieve the readability of the text and its goal. The
Algerian poet dealt in his poetic discourses addressed to children in terms of poetic lexicon,
linguistic structure, poetic image and music, which contributed to achieving the presence
of the text in the child’s memory. Subsequently, from this subjective dimension, we worked
on child literature in its poetic aspect, and the importance of studying this topic is
determined by a fundamental problem is: How did Louhichi deal with child poetry in his
collection "Rajaa"? What are the artistic aesthetics that characterize the collection?