Abstract
 Paradox is an
apparent literary contradiction which dates
back to an cientpoetry and prose, when man developed ataste for arts.
Paradox is a figure of a speech which contradicts the popular opinion
and its literal meaning is unknown to common people. The aim of its employment
is to explain the goals of a scholar or poet, thus smoothing the way for him to
effectively convey his thoughts to the reader. Paradox has been used for
centuries but it was not used in systematically enough to be regarded an
independent technique as it is today. This study discusses visual, verbal and
moral paradoxes as well as the conditions of their application as specified by
Adonis, a famous contemporary poet and scholar. The paradoxisabasiccompoundand its themeisbased on conflict. The paradoxisthe
result of ajoint actionbetween a creator and the environment in which he
creates. Adonis hastaken advantage of this phenomenon by
expressivestyle to portray his ideas in a way which is different from other people
before him. Adonisis a leadingfigure all fields of literature, poetry,
criticism andis also distinguished for using verbalandintellectualparadoxes
of optimism and pessimism. In this study, the researcher has used descriptive
and analytical methods.Â
Main Subjects
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