Representation of World Literary Figures in National Literature (Case Study: Lamartine's Image in Ode Lamartine By Salah Labki) AliAkbar AhmadiChenari 1 | Foad Abdolahzadeh 2 1. Corresponding Author, Associate Professor, Department of arabic literature, Faculty of literature and human sciences, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran. E-mail: Ali_ahmadi@uoz.ac.ir 2. Assistant Professor, Department of arabic literature, Faculty of literature and human sciences, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran. E-mail: foadabdolahzadeh@uoz.ac.ir Article Info ABSTRACT Article type: Research Article Drawing the literary and social aspects of the personalities of world literary celebrities in national literature is a common trend. One of the oldest fields of research in comparative literature is the study in this regard, and the literati who introduce characters from other literatures to the audience of national literature are called mediators. Alphonse de Lamartine is credited as one of the greats of the Romantic literary school, and his scholarly personality and views have inspired many followers of Romanticism in world literature. Salah Labaki (1906- 1955), a Lebanese poet who was one of the pioneers of the school of Romanticism in contemporary Arabic literature, wrote an ode entitled "Lamartine" inspired by Lamartine's character and his historical trip to Lebanon in which various aspects of his personality are represented in the light of his romantic perspective and worldview. Based on the descriptive-analytical method, the present study intends to show how and why Lamartine’s face and character are depicted in the mentioned poem. The findings of the study indicate that the poem in question is not a mere poetic account of the poet's life, but rather Salah Labaki uses the literary and social aspects of Lamartine's events and aspects of his character as a means of representing him as a romantic ideal human being in this way, to play a role in introducing the school of Romanticism and its elders to the audience of contemporary Arabic poetry. Article history: Received: 25 January 2022 Received in revised form: 13 March 2023 Accepted: 05 April 2023 Keywords: Comparative literature, Imagology, Salah Labki, Lamartine, Romanticism, Lamertine Ode. Cite this article: AhmadiChenari, A. A., Abdolahzadeh, F. (2024). Representation of World Literary Figures in National Literature (Case Study: Lamartine's Image in Ode Lamartine By Salah Labki). Research in Comparative Literature, 13 (4), 27-42. © The Author(s). Publisher: Razi University DOI: 10.22126/jccl.2023.7395.2354