al-Badi in the Epistle of Abd al-Hamid ibn Yahya al-Katib

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1 Professor of Arabic Language and Literature - Faculty of Arts - Tafila Technical University

2 Arabic Language and Literature - Faculty of Arts - Tafila Technical University

3 Department of Arabic Language and Literature - Faculty of Arts - Tafila Technical University

Abstract

The study explores the phenomenon of  al-Badi , a rhetorical device, in classical Arab prose. The epistle of Abd al-Hamid ibn Yahya al-Katib is investigated as a case study.
The study consists of two sections. The theoretical section introduces  al-Badi in classical Arab prose; and it shows how al-Badi developed as a rhetorical phenomenon till it was documented and collected by Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz  in his   Kitab al-Badi (The Book of the New Style). The perspectives of classical and contemporary critics in relation to its emergence by ibn al-Mu'tazz  are also addressed.
The second section is more applied than theoretical as it discusses  al-Badi in the epistle of Abd al-Hamid ibn Yahya al-Katib. It opens with a definition of  al-Badi a before textual examples are analyzed to demonstrate the aesthetic effects of  al-Badi’ on formal and semantic structures. The resources consulted in this study are given in the reference page. 

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