ABSTRACT

The topic of this research is: Poetic Comparisons in Nigerian Arabic Literature, the Works of Sokoto and Kano literary heavyweights as case study (Descriptive, Critical Analytical Study), and it contains three chapters and conclusion.

In the first chapter the researcher discusses the definition of comparison in Arabic poetry at which he surveys the traditional and modern Arabic literature and heritage from which he deduces prosaic of the literary figures of this art, and the opinions of some of the researchers about this technique. He then explains the tradition of poetry in Nigeria and how it is influenced by the traditional and modern Arab poets. He shades more lights on this concept to the Sokoto and Kano literary heavyweights.

Chapter two is an examination of the case study of comparison based on the poetic themes. In this part the researcher tries to analyze poetic texts based on theme of: eulogy in the Daliyya of Nabigah Az-Zubyany and that of Sheikh Muhammad An-Nasir Kabara, and then compares between the two texts.

The researcher also talks about the eulogy of the noble Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) in the Daliyyah of Sheikh Usman bin Fodi and that of Sheikh Abdullahi bin Fodi, and then he follows this with comparison between the texts. The researcher also brings forth, for analysis, other texts based on the theme of description in the Ha'iyyah of Abdur-Rahim Albar'iy Al-Yamany, and that of Sheikh Muhammad bin Al-Ghasawy, after all this, he analyses the texts and compares the texts.

The last chapter is an analysis of the case study of some literary comparison based on the theme of pride, and mysticism. The researcher talks about the theme of pride in the Ra'iyyah of Abu Firas Al-Hamdany, and that of Sheikh Muhammad Al-Bukhari, he does this by presenting the texts, analyzing and comparing them.

The last part of the research presents the theme of mysticism or "Allah's Love", in Ibn Alfaridh's Kafiyyah, and that of Sheikh Abubakar Atiq, and then analysis of them.