Compensation among the Arabs: A Psycho-Artistic Reading of the Poetry of the Marginalized in the Pre-Islamic Era

Abstract

This study investigates the phenomenon of compensation among the Aghribat al-Arab (Black Arabs) as a psychological and discursive strategy employed by marginalized poets in pre-Islamic Arabia to negotiate social exclusion and discrimination rooted in color and lineage. Drawing on a psychological-critical approach،the study explores the ways in which experiences of deprivation،stigmatization،and perceived inferiority were transformed into creative and symbolic forms of self-expression within poetic discourse.

The research aims to identify the major manifestations of compensation in selected poetic texts and to analyze their psychological،rhetorical،and aesthetic dimensions. Employing a descriptive-analytical methodology،the study examines poetic representations of the self in light of selected modern psychological concepts،with particular attention to the relationship .