The Duality of the Self and the other in the Poetry of Youssef Al-Khal
Abstract
The study focused on the duality of the self and the other in Youssef Al-Khals poetry, this duality that imposes itself in his poems, so we see it is clear in features and appearance, starting with the conditions of the self with its optimistic and pessimistic types, passing through the patterns of the other positive and negative, and ending with the relationship that binds the two parties to each other. Each party has power and strength over the other. The influence and affection is clear between them, but there is a predominance of one party over the other in a group of poems and these poems has been chosen as a subject for this study. It shows the strength of influence and affection between the two parties through the connection or separation relationship. The greater the influence, the greater the affection, and thus the communication achieves its goal in tightening the two parties to each other. The weaker the influence, the weaker the influence, and thus communication fails to achieve its goal of bringing the self-closer to the other, so separation is replaced by overwhelming and tangible solutions.