Investigating Poverty from a Sociological Perspective in the Poetry of Ahmad Matar

Sociology of literature, one of the new and efficient methods of literary criticism, evaluates the relationship between literature and social issues and also the social status of writers and readers so as to determine the status of various social classes and the homologous and contradictory behavior and interactions of social structures in a certain era.. Ahmed Matar is one of the popular contemporary poets of Arab world who has always demonstrated excessive sensitivity towards social circumstances and events of his community demonstrating his commitment and idealism. Using a descriptive-analytic approach, the present study aims to study and explain the problem of economic poverty and social inequality in the poetry of Ahmad Matar, relying on sociological theories and resources. The results indicate that the poet has a particular attention to poverty issue as it is among the most agonizing social problems leading to a variety of misbehaviors and social illnesses. Reflecting the poverty and problems caused by this social phenomenon in his works, the poet voices his objection trying tocreate awareness in the audience and eliminate class conflict.