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Psychological Conflict in Al-Muhalhil's Poetry: A Reading of Defense Mechanisms | ||
| Journal of Language Studies | ||
| Volume 10, Issue 2, Part 1, June 2026, Pages 1-27 PDF (737.03 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.25130/Lang.10.2.P1.1 | ||
| Author | ||
| Lect. Khalid Majeed Farhan (Ph. D.) | ||
| Department of Arabic Language, College of Education for Humanities, University of Al- Hamdaniya, Mosul, Iraq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Our research, intitled "Psychological Conflict in Al-Muhalhil's Poetry: A Reading of Defense Mechanisms," aims to clarify the state of Al-Muhalhil and the severe psychological conflict he endured as a poet burdened by the heavy weight of loss following the murder of his brother, Kulayb, by Jassas bin Murrah. He represented a crisis-ridden voice characterized by an internal struggle between the motives of revenge and vendetta on one hand, and the need for rational judgment and conciliation with his cousins on the other. Consequently, his poetry became an arena for unconscious psychological defense mechanisms, serving as a means to stabilize psychological balance after the breakdown resulting from the loss. His poetry thus represented the sublimation of repressed feelings, the aestheticization of violence, and the transcendence of cruelty, all achieved through repression, rationalization, compensation, denial, and sublimation. Collectively, these mechanisms contributed to creating a heroic image for the poet, through which he attempted to present the self-according to his own desires on one hand, and the expectations of his society on the other. The study comprises two main axes. The first axis addresses the theoretical aspect, defining the concept of psychological conflict (linguistically and terminologically), its types, and the concept, functions, characteristics, and classifications of psychological defense mechanisms. The second axis focuses on the procedural/applied aspect, discussing the manifestations of the defense mechanisms in the poet's work, which appeared in various forms and types, through which he unconsciously attempted to overcome the pain of loss and its heavy consequences. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Conflict; Muhalhil; Defense Mechanisms; Psychological; Lose | ||
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