The Conflict of Opposing Dualities in the Poetry of Muhammad Jawad al-Sudani
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https://doi.org/10.33193/JALHSS.132.2026.1706Keywords:
Antithetical binaries, artistic image and music, Najaf poetry, royal eraAbstract
The importance and purpose of the research are revealed through its questions: What are the opposing dualities that reflect reality in the mind, and which poets reflect in their expressions to reveal their suffering and their sense of the dangers of the conflict of opposites, if left unaddressed? To what extent has this modern critical approach succeeded in revealing the aesthetics of the text and the depth and authenticity of the image? What are the opposing dualities prevalent in the royal era, which Al-Sudani highlighted?
The nature of the research required dividing it into an introduction and five sections, followed by a conclusion dedicated to highlighting the most important findings of the research, followed by a list of the research sources and references. The first of the five sections is devoted to examining the dichotomy of imagination and reality, the second to examining the dichotomy of colonialism and liberation from it, the third to examining the dichotomy of identity and reification, the fourth to examining the dichotomy of extreme poverty and obscene wealth, and the fifth to examining the dichotomy of ignorance and reason.
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