The Code Word in the Poetical Works of Mahmoud Darwish (As farther as the Flower of Almond or Farthest)

Abstract

Words are not mere linguistic signs used to name things. They are means by which human experiences are depicted. Stylistic analysis is nothing but a way to examine the language. Mahmoud Darwish is a distinguished poet who doesn`t fake unusual linguistic derivations or fails in pinpointing his expressions. Examining his words is the first step to decide between words and their meanings. This is the reason behind analyzing the (code) words which express the unconscious feelings and they are clearly expressed in the poetical works ( As farther as the flowers of almond or farthest). These code words are peculiar stylistic products that, for each creative work have its own keys that are regarded as the entrance to the novelty of the work. This research aims at examining the code word; the main or pivot word that help us to fathom the special relations between the text and the author. It is a task of searching for the spirit of the poet through his language. Although we clarified that the statistical method of counting the number of words is not a helpful method in many texts; yet a part of this research allocated to the repetition factor and its impact on the code word ( repeating certain words can be considered as a symbol of the importance of these words and their presence in the poet`s conscious and unconscious mind and awareness and that’s why it cannot be hidden ).The research unveils the hidden aspects of such words because , in many examples, words can hide deeper meanings than what they show . This research is a process of looking carefully between the lines, in search for the covered concepts and meanings and trying to know the reasons behind not expressing such meanings clearly and openly without barriers. In such cases, when the text hides the code word, it establishes a high and sophisticated level of poetics that are not easily penetrated, because the outside reveals something while the inside reveals another. The researcher attempts to show the denotations and connotations of such linguistic cases, since the value of the text is judged by its linguistic peculiarity. Any literary work aims at influence, and such influence takes two directions of understanding the code word and upon which this study is based: 1- The present code word 2- The absent code word