The Concept of Self-Alienation in Adnan Adel's Aʃre'ʕtun a Fe-Ara'a s Wa Donqolu Manfa: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Abstract

The researcher aims at analyzing the linguistic and syntactic features of the poem titled Aʃere’ʕa Fe-Ara'as Wa Donqolu Manfa “ written by the Iraqi poet Adnan Adel. By applying a critical discourse analysis (CDA) approach to the Arabic discourse of Adel’s poem, the researcher intends to highlight how the poet employs his language in his discourse to represent the concept of self-alienation. To achieve the aim of this study, the researcher relies on the theory of Norman Fairclaugh (1995) to analyze the poem syntactically, lexically, and stylistically and identify the discursive strategies by focusing on the concept of the alienation that is represented by both lexical and syntactic choice of this discourse. The novelty of this study is due to being a pioneer in focusing on analyzing Adelin the light of the CDA techniques such as Agency, figurative speech, ideology, negation, and exclamation. The result demonstrates that Adel’s linguistic creativity succeeded in introducing the problems the old women and men have been living in the hospital and how they are inspiring to get a better life.