Publicism and artistic creativity of the Lebanese writer George Hanna
The spiritual basis of the prose of George Hanna (1891-1969), a classic ofmodern Arabic literature, a follower of Marxist ideology, became a social andpolitical life of Lebanon. Literature, in his opinion, is called to be a leadingforce in the development of society, to fulfill a transformative function, so thewriters should not deviate from politics, from the pressing concerns and needsof their people. J. Hanna considered “misleading” view of the incompatibilityof politics and literature, and claimed that the true writer combines his work“two scales: the bowl, saturating the soul sweetness, and the cup, which isthe problem of re-education of the soul”. The writer is responsible to thecommunity in the study of all the problems of life, whether it is a problem of political, economic or cultural origine. Such an approach that should be immanent to the author was realized by G. Hanna in his many publicistic and literary works, that are under study in this article.