Paradox Techniques in the Poetry of Agharibah: An Analytical Study

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the techniques of paradox in the poetry of Agharibah. It is well-acknowledged that paradox is one of the most important phenomena addressed by modern criticism. This interest is incarnated in a great deal of books, articles, theses and dissertations devoted to study this phenomenon. Interest in poetic paradox stems from the influence of the Western contemporary criticism on Arab critics. The study investigates this group of poets characterized by their brown skin, which has led their tribes to alienate them. This issue has formulated a clear conflict in their characters and their tribes’ stance towards them. Hence, paradox has characterized their behaviours and led them to rebel against social injustice.

It is acknowledged that the society creates paradox and the poet, in its turn, becomes its victim. Accordingly, in his poetry, the poet emphasizes his deep feeling of the gap dissociating him from his clan and the great tension in the social relations he maintains with them. This has obliged him to choose the world of monsters and hyena instead of the world of pain, harm and dissociation. He searches for a world which embraces him, but suddenly accepts that of the monsters. The researcher has identified three types of paradox; the paradox of vision, event and situation