Arabic Literature

A Stylistic Study of the Discourse-Based Constituents in Amal Donqol’s Poem “A Special Interview with Noah’s Son”

Azaadeh Ghaderi; Seyed Hosein Seyedi; Bahar Seddighi

Volume 12, Issue 4 , February 2021, , Pages 19-38

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2019.262952.611949

Abstract

Identified as a social process, language is used for the creation of meaning and bears ideological connotations across its different layers, while it is employed through interactions ... Read More Identified as a social process, language is used for the creation of meaning and bears ideological connotations across its different layers, while it is employed through interactions with power relations. Poetic language serves as a fertile ground for linguistic and stylistic analyses. Given that stylistics is the study of methods with which meaning is created in literature and other texts through language, studying the function of linguistic patterns is an efficient method for stylistic analysis. Based on critical discourse analysis, discourse semiology, and functional linguistics, this study undertakes the stylistic analysis of Amal Donqol’s “A Special Interview with Noah’s Son.” It argues that the poet has taken up poetic discourse as a social weapon, has selected microlayers of “lexicon,” “syntax,” and “rhetoric” in association with the macrolayers of “ideology,” “power,” and “situational context,” and has personified the infrastructures, in order to tackle the political-economic crisis resulting from the Camp David Accords. The stylistic indicators of his poetry (diction, marked syntactical structures, and rhetorical figures) are discourse-oriented structures that bear ideological content, and according to power relations, lead to the highlighting of the discourse of the friend and the marginalization of that of the foe. Donqol’s attitude towards sociopolitical issues of his country is reflected in his stylistic features, such as choice of words as social signifiers, social indexing, modality in syntactic structures, grammatical voice of the text, along with rhetorical figures such as metaphor, allegory, symbolism, derision and repetition. And these are utilized to express the ideology of resistance against enemies and rejection of the current situation of Egypt and fighting against the policies of the then ruler, Anwar Sadat. Accordingly, this poem is a sociopolitical reading; its poetic language serves as a social action, and its text both makes and is made of social relationships, wherein the poet, considering his own ideology and that of the ruling power, portrays his beliefs by selecting different styles of expression.

A Pragmatic Analysis of Imam Hassan’s Speech on the Peace

Mousa Arabi; maryam eshraqpor

Volume 11, Issue 2 , October 2019, , Pages 167-186

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2019.234220.611751

Abstract

Imam Hassan’s speech on his peace with Muawiyah is one of the most credible documents that can be analyzed and investigated to go through the underlying causes of the peace and ... Read More

Comparative Study of the Theory of Discipline Abdulqāhir Jurjāni and the Theory of the Texture of the Position of Frith

Sayyed Mohammad Reza Ebnorasool; Marziyeh Ghorbankhani; Nasrolah Shameli

Volume 9, Issue 2 , March 2018, , Pages 17-35

https://doi.org/10.22059/jalit.2018.125181.611271

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Nadhm Theory is one of most important theories in Arabic Rhetoric. This may be due to the extension of the theory and its application and its focus on different aspects of grammatical, ... Read More

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A Stylistic Study of the Discourse-Based Constituents in Amal Donqol’s Poem “A Special Interview with Noah’s Son”

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A Pragmatic Analysis of Imam Hassan’s Speech on the Peace

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Comparative Study of the Theory of Discipline Abdulqāhir Jurjāni and the Theory of the Texture of the Position of Frith

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