Abstract
AbstractParadox is a statement of illogicality and self-contradictory expression, which has oftenbeen used by poets and writers to embellish the literary texture, specially the poems.Amongst the poets, Talib Abd-Alaziz used this technique in such modern method andcompletely different language that he seems articulating some words while meaningsomething totally different, a process that effects contradiction, raillery and mocking bymeans of phonetic shuffling, delusion and predicament. In such situation, we may findthe literary language swing between the phonetic paradox and context. Since paradox isone of the most significant ingredients of poems of iraqui poet, Talib Abd-Alaziz, wehave chosen his collection “Two paths on water and one on land” as an example which carries this technique more than any other works of the poet. In this study, weconcentrate on two principal basis: time and nature; and we will analyze them fromviewpoint of contextual paradox, applying the theoretical researchers in this aspect. Wewill end up with simple contradiction as well as occasional, dramatic, delusionalparadoxes and predicament. Also, we will have a look on other mosern techniquesapplied by the poet such as symbols, implications and linguistic paradoxes.
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