The Semiotics of Nothingness in the Poetry of Abdul Amir Jaris: A Study in the Light of Cultural Criticismˆ

Abstract

This study explores the semiotics of nothingness in the poetry of Abdul Amir Jaras, through the lens of cultural criticism, as a semantic and aesthetic phenomenon that reveals profound dimensions in contemporary poetic experience. The research demonstrates that “nothingness” in Jaras’s work is not merely an existential concept, but rather a symbolic and cultural structure reflecting the anxiety and alienation of the self within troubled social and political contexts. Using a cultural-semiotic approach, the study uncovers the signs and symbols of absence, death, and ruin, and highlights their renewed semantic energy. The findings conclude that Jaras employs nothingness as an aesthetic tool for questioning dominant cultural systems and exposing structural contradictions within collective consciousness, thereby granting his poetry a critical dimension that transcends artistic expression into the realm of cultural resistance and the re-production of meaning.