The German Orientalist Perspective on Pre-Islamic Poetry

Abstract

The German School is considered to be one of the most significant Orientalism schools, concentrating on the Arab heritage as well as analyzing, investigating, and categorizing it. Consequently, they analyzed books, studied blogs and researched them, constructed dictionaries and indexes, indexed documents, archived them, and rendered them accessible to interested academics, to ensure that they could possibly benefit from them in their scientific advancement and the development of Arabic literature, respectively.

However, it is imperative for scholars to undertake further investigations, despite the influence of the ideological foundations upon which this academic tradition was built. Consequently, the primary focus of this research revolved around the following question: What is the scholarly stance of German Orientalism regarding Arabic literature?

As a result of its role in examining and investigating our history, this research attempts to demonstrate the characteristics of German Orientalism and its perception of issues in Arabic literature. Its significance, therefore, rests in elucidating the basic difference between the Arabs attempting to preserve our heritage and the other's perspective on it.