Research Article

Creative writing and the creation of the poet: A romantic perspective

Number: 13 December 30, 2018
  • Amjad Alsyouf *
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Creative writing and the creation of the poet: A romantic perspective

Abstract

The term creative is based on the inventive powers the mind possesses. These powers are the source of imagination which is a main feature required for poetry composition. One of the major literary movements that placed an early emphasis on the powers of imagination is Romanticism. William Wordsworth regards imagination as one of the essential qualities the poet should have and employ in the process of creating poetry. Versification is among the higher forms of creative writing as it requires particular sense of rhyme and meter. However creative writing from a romantic perspective is centered on the figure of the poet as a creator who owns distinguished imaginative powers and techniques beside the skills of verse composition. Nature in the romantic tradition is deemed a major source from which the poet fills his reservoir of imagination needed to write poetry. Against this background, the study of creative writing from a romantic viewpoint should be based on the examination of the concept of the creation of the poet. This paper therefore aims to investigate the romantic conception of creative writing as an activity leading to an inventive production owned by a creator who has already passed a process through which he himself is created as a talented poet.

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English

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Research Article

Authors

Amjad Alsyouf * This is me
0000-0001-8490-0433
Jordan

Publication Date

December 30, 2018

Submission Date

October 30, 2018

Acceptance Date

December 22, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Number: 13

APA
Alsyouf, A. (2018). Creative writing and the creation of the poet: A romantic perspective. RumeliDE Dil Ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 13, 189-195. https://doi.org/10.29000/rumelide.504938
AMA
1.Alsyouf A. Creative writing and the creation of the poet: A romantic perspective. RumeliDE. 2018;(13):189-195. doi:10.29000/rumelide.504938
Chicago
Alsyouf, Amjad. 2018. “Creative Writing and the Creation of the Poet: A Romantic Perspective”. RumeliDE Dil Ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, nos. 13: 189-95. https://doi.org/10.29000/rumelide.504938.
EndNote
Alsyouf A (December 1, 2018) Creative writing and the creation of the poet: A romantic perspective. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi 13 189–195.
IEEE
[1]A. Alsyouf, “Creative writing and the creation of the poet: A romantic perspective”, RumeliDE, no. 13, pp. 189–195, Dec. 2018, doi: 10.29000/rumelide.504938.
ISNAD
Alsyouf, Amjad. “Creative Writing and the Creation of the Poet: A Romantic Perspective”. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi. 13 (December 1, 2018): 189-195. https://doi.org/10.29000/rumelide.504938.
JAMA
1.Alsyouf A. Creative writing and the creation of the poet: A romantic perspective. RumeliDE. 2018;:189–195.
MLA
Alsyouf, Amjad. “Creative Writing and the Creation of the Poet: A Romantic Perspective”. RumeliDE Dil Ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 13, Dec. 2018, pp. 189-95, doi:10.29000/rumelide.504938.
Vancouver
1.Amjad Alsyouf. Creative writing and the creation of the poet: A romantic perspective. RumeliDE. 2018 Dec. 1;(13):189-95. doi:10.29000/rumelide.504938

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