الفهرس 
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Abstract
This thesis aims at comparing two prominent humanistic poets, Langston Hughes (1902- 1967) and Elia Abu Madi (1890- 1975). This study tends to examine and analyze the poetry of Langston Hughes and Elia Abu Madi with the purpose of showing that it has common features though they belong to two different cultures or worlds: one is American classified as a civilized nation whereas the other is Arab classified as a developing one. Their poetry is humanistic because the “key stress, clearly, falls on the human” (Davies 21). They both perceive the world “through the everyday experience of ordinary humanbeings” (Davies 21). Hughes and Abu Madi could survey the world from a central and a truly human point of view rather than ethnic or social bias. This study falls into an introduction, three chapters, and a conclusion. The introduction sheds light on the concept of humanism in the twentieth century. The first chapter focuses on Hughes and Abu Madi’s suffering in the American society chained by materialism. This drove them to stress self. Self-realization is an inevitable aspect of humanism. The second chapter discusses how Hughes and Abu-Madi managed to overcome the dilemma of being an outsider through resorting to nature. They found consolation in pantheism, love and death as an escapist vehicle from harsh reality. The third chapter shows the outcome of embracing the humanistic approach in order to cope with the world’s disorders: their humanistic poetry enabled them to have a voice in the world canon of literature. Both are innovators in the world of poetry. The conclusion shows the important points that are discussed through the thesis. The researcher concludes that the humanitarian side unites all humans and makes them equal regardless of race, culture or spiritual dogmas. In addition, this study draws attention to exile literature of a minority that keeps their ethnic identity in the new civilized world where there is no room for foreigners’ cultures. It shows that optimism serves as a resort to relieve the sense of strangeness and alienation in a foreign society.