أساليب كسر التابو في شعر أكرم الأمير

Abstract

study explores the stylistic strategies employed by the poet Akram Al-Ameer in his poetic discourse to break taboos—a distinctly modernist tendency that has become a defining feature of contemporary young poets. While traces of this inclination can also be found among earlier generations of Iraqi poets, it was far less explicit than it appears in present-day poetic texts. This difference can be attributed to the authoritarian forces that dominated public life under dictatorial regimes in earlier periods. In those times, when poets sought to express personal opinions or reveal intellectual positions—particularly concerning religion or politics—they often resorted to concealment and disguise, using layers of symbolism and masks that at times reached the level of obscurity and deliberate ambiguity. In contrast, Akram Al-Ameer and many poets of the post-2003 era (or the post-regime-change generation) have enjoyed a greater degree of freedom of expression, enabling them to articulate their views more openly and directly. Accordingly, the poet’s approaches to breaking taboos are not grounded in ambiguity or distortion, but rather in a lucid and transparent style that maintains the aesthetic integrity of poetic language. His work primarily employs three major stylistic techniques: the narrative mode, intertextuality, and irony. Keywords: Akram Al-Ameer; Breaking the Taboo; Narrative Technique; Intertextuality; Irony.