Hello everyone..now lets talk about juxtaposition. What do you understand about it?..Or even better, what do 'I' understand about it???
"Juxtaposition"
is a placement of two words, descriptions, or concepts literally or figuratively
next to each other. The effect on the reader is like sweet and sour sauce, yen and yang:
he/she senses the contrast between the two, yet notices that they, for some reason, have a fit. Sometimes the juxtaposition can be temporal, as when a character recalls the darkness of the coal mine while seeing the flash of a bomb. This is a fertile literary device. By way of some humor, juxtaposition is also the father of the oxymoron.
It actually came from latin word ..
From French juxtaposition, from Latin iuxtā (“near”) from Latin iungō (“to join”) + French position (“position”) from Latin pōnō (“to place”).
-Juxtaposition in literature is a device used to provide c o n t R a s t s and create a conjunction of impressions in the reader. The device is particularly effective in dramatic interludes, but is common in many forms of literature as an extension of story lines and character roles.
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