Multi Pragmatic Analysis of Oxymoron in Isha Jalan Photographs

Abstract

This study is a qualitative one focuses on using oxymoron as a pragmatic irony combined with photographs to construct the Indian reality. The researcher attempts to contribute to the field of multimodal analysis and critical studies within the Indian context. An oxymoron is a literary device that joins two opposing ideas to create a dramatic impact. The plural version of the word is (oxymora or oxymorons). In light of this, an oxymoron may come with different forms and grammatical structures. Sometimes a sentence made up of two incompatible words. Oxymoron could be used intentionally or unintentionally to achieve certain effect. The data of this study is (6) selected photographs from the web. The study has adopted analytical framework to analysis the data. Finally, the study has come up with some results based on analysis of the above mentioned data.