Jordanian Journal of Arabic Language And Literature
Jordanian Journal of Arabic Language and Literature (JJALL) Print ISSN :2520-7180 | Online ISSN: 3005-2483 Published with the Support of Scientific Research & Innovation Support Fund -The Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST). Jordanian Journal of Arabic Language and Literature is an open-access journal committed to publishing original high-quality scholarly research papers that provide solid insights into all aspects of Arabic Language and Literature. The Journal publishes academic materials such as original academic articles matching the Journal’s areas of interest and following the standards and methodology of academic research, edited and translated texts, and book reviews. Jordanian Journal of Arabic Language and Literature is an international academic journal, that publishes refereed articles specialized in Arabic Language and Literature. The Journal is supported by the Scientific Research Support Fund at the Ministry of Higher Education and the Deanship of Academic Research, Mutah University, Karak, Jordan. Jordanian Journal of Arabic Language and Literature publishes articles by Jordanian and international researchers in both Arabic and English four times a year (March, June, September, and December). Articles submitted for publication are evaluated by procedures established by the Journal and follow COPE publishing ethics roles https://publicationethics.org/.
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Narrative and Literary Imagery in Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Ṣafadī’s Pilgrimage Discourse
This study examines Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Ṣafadī‘s (d. 764 AH / 1363 AD) pilgrimage discourse as presented in his book Ḥaqīqat al-Majāz ilā al-Ḥijāz. This journey is viewed as a travel text with a complex literary structure where travel narrative intertwines with rhetorical and poetic formation. It transforms geographical experience into a story endowed with aesthetic and spiritual dimensions. This study is significant for highlighting the narrative and artistic value of al-Ṣafadī’s journey through uncovering the mechanisms by which travel discourse was shaped in the 8th century AH, particularly within pilgrimage written discourse. The originality of this analysis stems from its in-depth applied exploration of al-Ṣafadī’s journey, despite the author’s prominent scholarly and literary stature, since this work has not previously received an independent study relating to its narrative structure or the interplay between prose and poetry. The study focuses on how al-Ṣafadī fashioned his pilgrimage experience through narrative and literary imagery. It also centered on the role of poetry in intensifying meaning and transforming physical suffering into a spiritual and aesthetic experience. This raises the questions connected to the structure of the journey, the construction of space, the presence of the self, and the function of generic interpenetration. The study adopts a descriptive-analytical approach based on the analysis of narrative and literary imagery. The result of the study concludes that al-Ṣafadī’s journey constitutes a hybrid discourse that combines factual report with poetic expression, which grants travel literature an aesthetic dimension that transcends documentation and moves toward creative artistry.
Ambiguity in the Sciences of Arabic Rhetoric: Selected Examples
This study aims to elucidate ambiguity as a rhetorical feature generated by the interaction between lexical form and contextual framework within the sciences of Arabic rhetoric. It does so through the analysis of selected rhetorical issues that reveal its nature and mechanisms of multiplicity, particularly where semantic plurality intensifies to produce suggestive depth and open the text to multiple interpretive possibilities. The significance of the study lies in its attempt to provide a comprehensive rhetorical treatment of ambiguity, in light of the scarcity of research that approaches the phenomenon from an integrated perspective linking the three rhetorical disciplines. Many previous studies have confined themselves to semantic and lexical ambiguity, without addressing ambiguity within rhetorical structures and issues in Arabic rhetoric. Methodologically, the study adopts a descriptive-analytical approach grounded in the examination of classical rhetorical discussions. It concludes that ambiguity is not a defect but a rhetorical component whose effect depends on the recipient’s interpretive awareness and the availability of contextual cues regulating meaning. The study further underscores the necessity of examining ambiguity within a pragmatic framework that balances aesthetic value with communicative clarity. Finally, it recommends extending research to additional rhetorical issues to uncover the rhetorical and pragmatic dimensions of ambiguity.
Symbolic Cultural Patterns in Abdul Rahman Munif’s Novel "Al-Nihayat" (Endings)
The study examines Abdul Rahman Munif's work "Al-Nihayat" to reveal its hidden subtext through cultural pattern analysis. It investigates how the novel interacts with Socialism as a meta-ideological system by evaluating how it constructs power relationships between central and peripheral elements. The research decodes Assaf's symbolic patterns through his character development, space transformations, and center-margin conflicts. It surveys concealed structures that support intellectual dominance and discourse control, which leads to "narrative fragmentation" using separate short stories. The analysis employs Cultural Criticism to investigate Meta-narratives, Implicit Patterns, and Center and Margin, Intellectual Hegemony, and the Prevailing vs. the Isolated. The findings demonstrate that Socialism operates as a meta-narrative through which Munif expresses his sadness for its loss through the deaths of Assaf and the village of Taiba, who require its restoration. The protagonist serves as a systemic symbol who shows duality between his inner existence and his outer appearance. The author Munif reverses spatial power relationships by giving the marginal area of "Taiba" equal importance to central locations. The narrative fragmentation transforms the culturally isolated "animal" into a core positive symbol, which directly contests traditional sovereignty.
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The Aesthetic Awareness in Poetry: A Reading of the Metapoem
This study examines the aspect of experimentation in Jordanian poetry based on the concept of the "Metapoem" as a critical term and one of the concepts of contemporary poetic modernity, poetic projects in its aesthetic dimension. It investigates how the poem represents itself and its aesthetic transformations to clarify the connection between the poet and poem by observing the transformations of the poem’s presence as a changing artistic form, and revealing the distinctive aesthetic elements in Atef Al-Faraya’s poetry. The research is based on a vision that confirms the "metapoem" as a form of aesthetic transformation in poetic creativity. The researcher adopts an aesthetic approach that deals with poetry as an embodiment of existing or emerging aesthetic transformations, and as an expression of the kind of consciousness it represents and that simultaneously shapes it. This research focuses on the aesthetic transformations within the metapoem as texts that contemplate the nature of the poem itself. Consequently, the concept of the metapoem falls within the framework of modern experimental concepts to reflect the state of the development of the poem in its aesthetic dimension. The study concluded that ‘Aṭif Al-Farāyah consciously exploited the poem as an artistic subject in the service of his poetic work. He investigated its nature, function, and impact, reflecting a self-awareness of its nature as a poem. This research recommends a comparative study of the metapoem across different poetic contexts to deepen understanding of this critical and artistic form
The Political Poetry of the Abbasid Movement up to the End of the 4th Century AH as a Model: Adapting the Spoken Word to the “Will” of the Speaker
This research intends to analyse the poets of the Abbasid court, focusing on the complex relationship between poetry and power. It attempts to identify how the Abbasids used poetry as a persuasive and political tool to understand poetic manipulation of sacred and historical texts, thereby bestowing a sacred aura on the Abbasid Caliphs' rule and justifying their authority. The study seeks to analyze the poetic fabric of these works to know the dimensions of the acceptance of ideology and its manipulation in their poetry. It exhibits that this poetry was not merely an expression of individual feelings, but was imposed from outside, reflecting the dominance of power within society. The research explores how expressing will as intent became a prominent feature in the Abbasid poets, which leads to the production of texts saturated with the ideology of power. It also analyzes the effect of power on the poetic creativity of Abbasid identities and perspectives. Furthermore, the analysis sheds light on the complex interactions between poetry and the diversity of powers that influenced sacred texts, public discourse, and political power, shaping poetic discourse. The study used the descriptive analytical method to explore the essence of literature, analysing them into cultural and historical context to bridge the gap in literature on this topic through a deep analysis of Abbasid poetry. This is to provide new meanings for the connection between poetry and power. The results showed that the poetry of Abbasid court poets transformed into a powerful political tool, used to manipulate sacred texts and justify the authority of the caliphs, significantly affecting their creative output and interactions with various powers.
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The Aesthetics of Tawshiya Literature in Light of the Book Al-Muwashsha by Abu Al-Tayyib Mohammad bin Ishaq Al-Washa
This research examines the aesthetics of Al-Tawshiya (embellishment) literature as presented in the book "Al-Muwashsha" (The Brocade) by Al-Washsha (d. 325 AH) that includes two sections delving into the realms of literature, codes of chivalry (Muru’a), and etiquettes of refinement (Zarf). The study highlights how "refinement" was central to the author’s expertise, as he documented the social graces, anecdotes, and witty poetry favored by the elite in Abbasid society. The research employs descriptive-analytical approaches to investigate Al-Washsha’s book, also known as "Al-Zarf wa al-Zurafa" (Refinement and Refined People). It aims to uncover the artisanship and stylistic nuances of the "art of embellishment" embodied in his writing. The study concludes that Al-Washsha uniquely captured the realism of his era through his literary output. His work serves as an authentic mirror of his personality and his time, describing contemporary life with clarity. Furthermore, the research reveals aspects of his linguistic creativity and the aesthetic depths of Tawshiya literature areas that have been previously overlooked by scholars
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Parallelism in Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud’s Poetry and Its Effect on Rhythm and Meaning
This study examines the phenomenon of parallelism in Abd al-Raḥīm Maḥmūd’s poetry. It intends to identify its effect on rhythm and meaning to reveal its role in achieving cohesion and coherence poetic text. The study adopts the analytical stylistic approach that is based on surveying the phenomenon, identifying its features, and analyzing them to arrive at results. The study includes four sections, preceded by an introductory overview of the concept of parallelism. The four sections address: syntactic parallelism, phonetic parallelism, morphological parallelism, and semantic parallelism. The findings indicate that different types of parallelism significantly overlap in Abd al-Raḥīm Maḥmūd’s poetry, showing the poet’s profound understanding of the significance of parallelism in enriching the internal music of the poetic text and achieving harmony and cohesion within its structures. The study also concluded that Parallelism plays an important role in deepening meaning and strengthening the central idea of the poetic text
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Pragmatic Interpretation and its Mechanisms in Constructing Meaning: Surah Al-Kahf: A Case Study
This study aims to uncover the features of pragmatic theory concerning pragmatic interpretation in the dialogical narratives of Surah Al-Kahf and to analyse them using a pragmatic analysis based on the sayings of interpreters by invoking the tools of pragmatic linguistics, such as the mechanisms of pragmatic interpretation, to achieve metaphorical and implicit meanings, understand the purposes of the Qur'anic text, and provide an applied model for utilizing linguistic analysis in studying Qur'anic texts. The researcher addressed several research questions, including: How can contemporary pragmatic analysis reveal the utilitarian and social dimensions of Surat Al-Kahf through the mechanisms of pragmatic interpretation? Are there any interdisciplinary links between the pragmatic approach and the science of interpretation concerning the interpretation of meanings? What are their features? What are the mechanisms of pragmatic interpretation used in analyzing the metaphorical and implicit meanings in Surah Al-Kahf? The study adopted a descriptive-analytical approach within the framework of interpreting Qur'anic meanings in light of modern linguistic methods to explore the most prominent pragmatic interpretation findings and their mechanisms in constructing meaning. This is conducted to reveal the purposes of the speech act and its role in conveying implicit Qur'anic meanings. The study concluded that interpreting meaning in light of pragmatic theory reveals hidden connotations in Qur'anic texts due to the performative power of speech, which interpreters may overlook. This opens a horizon for interdisciplinary study to deal with the Qur’anic text within the modern linguistic process. The study also indicated that analyses based on pragmatic interpretation were present in the interpretations, especially those that require strong perception and logical thinking. This study recommends using modern linguistic approaches in analyzing the Qur'anic text and applying the pragmatic approach to conduct interdisciplinary research that combines Islamic sciences and modern linguistics.
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Ambiguity in the Poetry of Adonis Selected Models from "Book of Transformations and Migration in the Regions of Day and Night
This study examines the phenomenon of ambiguity in Adonis’s poetry as a central structural and aesthetic feature of contemporary Arabic verse. It argues that ambiguity in Adonis stems from modern poetic vision, the interplay of language and image, and symbolic function within the text, which expands the possibilities of meaning and produces interpretive openness. The study aims to define ambiguity, trace its historical presence in ancient and modern Arabic poetry to distinguish its functions and causes, and monitor its main patterns (symbolic and verbal ambiguities, referential plurality, and the impossibility of the image). It intends to distinguish between constructive artistic ambiguity that enriches meaning and non-artistic ambiguity that turns into obscurity and disrupts communication, and then reveal the mechanisms of its formation in Adonis’s experience by analyzing selected models from “The Book of Transformations and Migration in the Regions of Day and Night”. The research adopts a descriptive-analytical approach, using a stylistic approach to trace linguistic shifts and the formal imaginative formation. The results of the study concluded that ambiguity in Adonis's poetry is a deliberate aesthetic strategy that deepens suggestion and expands the possibilities of interpretation, and that in most cases it does not devolve into obscurity, but rather produces an interactive text that makes the reader become a partner in making meaning
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Syntactic Parallelism in Classical Arabic and Biblical Hebrew: A Comparative Semantic Study
This study examines the syntactic parallelism occurrence in the sacred sublime texts, particularly in the Holy Qur’an and the Hebrew Torah, as a common linguistic root and stylistic device in the Semitic sacred texts. It attempts to reveal the unity of the stylistic tool and the diversity, including the types of synonymous, antithetic, cumulative, rhetorical, and semantic functions between the two texts through a descriptive-analytical and comparative approach. The findings reveal that syntactic parallelism represents a common rhetorical root in the Semitic tradition, fosters cohesion, rhythm, and emphasis, but that differences in context and purpose have resulted in functional diversity. In the Holy Qur’an, it is directed towards doctrinal persuasion and legislation, while in the Hebrew Torah, it takes a preaching and emotional path. Thus, the comparison confirmed that the unity of the tool does not negate the semantic uniqueness, but rather enriches the understanding of textual aesthetics and rhetorical intentions in each of the two texts.
The Impact Value of Affective Speech Acts in the Self-Elegy Poetry of Malik Ibin Al-Rayb
This descriptive analytical study examines the construction of affective speech acts in self-elegy poetry among Arabs, specifically in Malik Ibn Al-Rayb’s lament for himself using John Austin’s speech act theory. It seeks to reveal the strength and sincerity of emotion in self-elegy poetry, on the one hand, and to validate the persuasive value associated with that emotion, on the other. This study attempts to uncover the patterns of persuasive actions that corresponded to the theme of self-elegy that had an impact on the construction of the poetic discourse related to this purpose. The study consists of two parts, as the first one discusses the lament for the self and its affective value, whilst the second part illustrates the common patterns of affective actions in lament for the self-poetry. The results of the analysis indicated that sincere emotion has a clear presence in self-elegy poetry stemming from a genuine and honest situation that does not allow for evasion or pretense. It also found that the most significant forms of affective acts in self-elegy poetry are interrogation, imperative, lamentation, repetition, and invocation.
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Narrative Architecture and the Significance of the Semiotics of Linguistic Hybridity in Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
This study examines the impact of linguistic hybridity and the inclusion of Arabic words into the English text of the novel "Mornings of Jenin" on the structure of the narrative, the balance of time, focalization, and the narrative. It focuses on combining narratological tools‎ (Genette; Chatm‎an) with postcolonial concepts of hybridity and the third space ‎ (Bhabha) and insights from translanguaging by means of intersecting with the approach of linguistic transgression in contexts of migration and diaspora. The analysis adopts a macro–micro design. At the macro level, it maps hybridization across plot arcs; whilst at the micro level, it interprets local Arabic insertions as identity, rhythmic, and epistemic operators. Findings show that Arabization in-text markers function as narrative signatures that pace scenes redistribute voice and viewpoint, and instantiate a third space that negotiates Anglophone centrality while re-centering Palestine as a semiotic source rather than an object of discourse. A brief source target comparison (‎English vs. Arabic translation‎) highlights return-to-source-culture dynamics via domestication/foreignization choices. The article proposes a critical grammar of hybridity integrating narratology with the sociolinguistics of exile.
The Characteristics of Sufism in Yahya al-Qaisi’s Novel, the Forbidden Paradise
This study examines the characteristics of Sufism in Yahya Al-Qaisi's novel Al-Firdaws Al-Muharram (The Forbidden Paradise) through analysing the language of Sufism in the text and its relationship to the fantastical and magical elements in the novel. It aims to reveal how the novel employs the mystical experience to reproduce religious and spiritual symbols, thereby presenting a metaphysical vision of man's journey in his quest for higher knowledge and spiritual absolutes. The study employed a critical-analytical methodology grounded in semiotics and narrative theory. It decoded the symbolic system underlying the mystical discourse and examines how the interplay between Sufi tradition and contemporary narrative imagination generates multiple layers of meaning. The findings indicate that the Sufi figures, such as Yusuf al-Majdhūb, Shaykh Nūr al-Dīn al-Ḥalabī, and Shaykh al-Muḥibbfunction as semiotic constructs representing spiritual awareness and metaphysical revelation, while the female characters, such as Amal and Patty, signify divine love, existential liberation, and cross-cultural spirituality. Furthermore, the incorporation of fantastic, marvelous, scientific, and surrealistic elements expands the novel’s metaphysical horizon beyond material reality, inviting a deeper philosophical and spiritual contemplation.
The Synonymous Words Denoting Collection in Abu Hilal al-Askari's book, "Al-Talkhis fi Ma'rifat al-Asma'" A Study Considering the Analytical Theory of Meaning
From an early time, the Arabic brain has precisely imagined the subtle differences between words that closely resemble what the human thoughts presented lately. Undoubtedly, the first thing that comes to mind in this regard is Abu Hilal al-Askari in his book "Linguistic Differences," as viewed in the understated differences between words. He stated that every noun carries a distinctive feature that distinguishes it from others, emphasizing that two nouns cannot carry the same meaning. His book is almost the primary reference in denying synonymy. Abu Hilal indicated that the Arab mind agrees on this criterion that the scholars who investigated the matter have adopted. It is distinctive, however, to find Abu Hilal asserting synonymy in his book "Al-Talkhis fi Ma'rifat Asma' al-Ashya'". Additionally, there is nothing mentioned about any distinguishing feature between these words, especially those discussed by the two researchers. It can be concluded that Abu Hilal employed multiple linguistic criteria in his books to study words, and each book was written for a specific group of students and individuals. The researchers aim to study the synonymous words denoting a group in Abu Hilal's book, Al-Talkhis, to identify their semantic components and distinctive features. It also intends to compare his work with that of other linguists who approve of him, as well as contemporary and modern ones, to prove or disprove the synonymy of those words. They use the descriptive-analytical method. The researchers reached several conclusions, most notably: the establishment of both complete and incomplete synonymy in Abu Hilal's work. In fact, he overlooked certain formative determinants and distinguishing features in his approach. In conclusion, the study demonstrates that some words underwent vertical development, characterized by semantic refinement, and horizontal development characterized by narrowing some meanings and broadening of others, as well as transferring some meanings from the concrete to the collective
A Psychological Analysis of the Duality of Life and Death in the Literature of Tayeb Salih (A Reading of Eros and Thanatos in Season of Migration to the North)
This study examines the binary conflict between Eros and Thanatos in Tayeb Salih's novel, Season of Migration to the North. Eros, however, represents the necessary energy resulting from the proper satisfaction of instincts, whereas Thanatos arises from their neglect, leading to self-destruction. The research employs psychoanalytic criticism to analyze the novel's issues, based on the premise of human instincts, which Freud considered as the foundation of balance or imbalance that manifested in the literary work through the conflict between Eros and Thanatos. The theoretical framework is based on Freudian psychoanalysis, specifically the concepts of Eros (the life drive) and Thanatos (the death drive) as primary engines of psychic energy and human behavior. The study hypothesizes that the conflict between these two forces can explain the existential contradictions within the novel. Through this framework, the analysis investigates how these drives manifest in the novel's characters and events. The findings reveal that narrative and plot elements, while being influenced by the feminine (Eros), simultaneously advance into a space of ambiguity, absurdity, and meaninglessness (Thanatos). This indicates that the novel embodies a complex conflict between the forces of life and creativity on one hand, and death and destruction on the other hand, which is reflected in the text's structure and trajectory.
The Semiotics of the Title in the Works of Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Ṣafadī
This study examines the semiology of the title in Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Ṣafadī’s (d. 764 AH / 1363 AD) work. He is one of the prominent figures of the 18th century AH, who left behind him an encyclopedic legacy in literature, history, and linguistics. The research assumes that the title functions as a textual threshold with semantic and aesthetic significance that operates beyond its identifying role to act as a guide for reception and a shaper of the reader’s horizon of expectation. The study aims to reveal the linguistic and stylistic structures of al-Ṣafadī’s titles. It intends to analyze their syntactic patterns and rhetorical mechanisms, and highlight their cultural symbols and artistic connotations, which reflect both the spirit of the age and the author’s creative sensibility. The researcher employs a semiotic-analytical methodology that combines close textual reading with cultural interpretation to uncover the functions of the title as a parallel text containing a network of multiple signs and meanings. The study concludes that al-Ṣafadī transformed the title into an independent creative structure that unites rhythmic harmony, structural beauty, and symbolic depth through the variation of syntactic forms (binary, ternary, quaternary, and quinary) and the use of rhyme, paronomasia, and structural balance. The findings indicate that al-Ṣafadī’s titles are miniature texts saturated with symbols, performing evocative and promotional functions, and serving as artistic and semantic gateways to the worlds of his larger works.
Al-Āmidī’s al-Muwāzana in the Lens Modern Criticism: A Reading in the Light of Structuralism, Formalism, and the Theory of Intertextuality in al-Muwāzana bayna Shiʿr Abī Tammām wa al-Buḥturī
This paper offers a renewed reading of Abū al-Qāsim al-Āmidī’s al-Muwāzana bayna Shiʿr Abī Tammām wa al-Buḥturī, which is one of the most foundational works in the history of Arabic literary criticism. By employing modern critical perspectives that highlight dimensions often overlooked in traditional scholarship, Al-Āmidī’s meticulous classification of poetic material and his rigorous comparative standards reveal not only descriptive criticism but also an implicit methodology that resonates with structuralism, formalism, and intertextuality. The study proceeds through three major axes. First, it examines the systematic structure underlying al-Āmidī’s classification of his material, suggesting that his approach anticipates, in striking ways, certain principles of structural analysis centuries before their articulation in Western theory. Second, it reconsiders al-Āmidī’s treatment of ʿAmūd al-shiʿr (the poetic canon) and al-ṣunʿa (artifice), reinterpreting them through formalist notions such as “literariness” and “defamiliarization”. Thereby, this reveals a deep sensitivity to the specific aesthetic function of poetic form. Third, the study explores al-Āmidī’s engagement with the issue of poetic thefts, placing it in dialogue with modern theories of intertextuality. What medieval critics condemned as “theft” may today be reframed as creative textual interaction or intertextual dialogue. The study concludes that al-Āmidī represents not only a transmitter of inherited critical traditions but also a pioneer of advanced analytical awareness whose insights remain profoundly relevant. Re-reading al-Muwāzana through the lens of contemporary theory thus affirms the possibility of a fruitful dialogue between Arabic critical heritage and modern literary thought, while simultaneously enriching our understanding of classical Arabic poetry and its critical reception.
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The Names of the Wind by for Khalawayh: A Semantic Study in Light of Analytical Theory
This study examines “Names of the Winds” for Ibn Khalawayh from the perspective of the analytical theory to reveal the cultural dimensions of the names of the wind, in a semantic conception that clarifies the relationship between language, environment, and culture among Arabs, and to identify those features in terms of their stability, change, or recurrence. It intends to identify the semantic pattern of naming the wind according to Ibn Khalawayh, and the features that distinguish it. The study employs a descriptive-analytical method, applying the principles of analytical semantics and pragmatic dimensions to understand and name the winds. Results of the study show naming as a historical document reflecting the linguistic awareness among the Arabs in naming wind terms, and as an early foundation of semantic field theory. It also emphasizes the importance of integrating lexical, contextual, and cultural information in classifying and analyzing word meanings.
Mohammad Abdel Rahman Hasan Alhejoj Albtoush
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Chromatic Semiotics in Samihah Khreis’s Novel Fustuq ‘Abeed
This study aims to analyze the semiology of color in narrative discourse as verbal-visual signs that convey psychological, cultural, and aesthetic meanings beyond their descriptive function. The study focuses on the role of color in constructing meaning and shaping the fictional world. It hypothesizes that color in the novelistic text is not merely decorative or ornamental, but rather constitutes a complex sign system, which contributes to meaning-making. This deepens the character's psychological structure and reveals the symbolic and ideological dimensions of the narrated world. The research methods involve a critical analysis of Fustuq Abeed, a novel published in 2016 by the Jordanian author Samihah Khreis. The theoretical framework of the study integrates narrative semiotics, psychology, and cultural anthropology. The results show that colors such as black, white, blue, and yellow are used to represent conflicts of identity, freedom, and colonialism. Furthermore, color operates as a parallel semiotic system within the text, interacting with other narrative systems to produce a rich, multilayered discourse that enhances the novel’s symbolic depth
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The Poetic Art of Al-Bullayq: From Literary Theory to Poetic Practice in the Mamluk Era
This research investigates the poetic art of the bullayq. It addresses the dichotomy between its theoretical definition as a form of "humor and licentiousness" and its complex application in the Mamluk period. This study aims to trace the term itself, uncover its distinctive formal and thematic features, and examine its complex relationship with neighboring genres. It adopts an integrated descriptive-analytical methodology, constructing a broad textual corpus from classical sources for its descriptive component, whilst the analytical component consists of a close examination of this material to investigate its artistic features and interpret its themes in their cultural contexts. Also, the analysis concludes that the bullayq was not a minor subgenre but a vibrant and widespread literary form in Mamluk Egypt, distinguished by formal characteristics such as the alternation of long and short hemistichs. It functioned as a vessel for broader concerns, including social and political critique, thereby highlighting the significant gap between poetic theory and living literary practice.
The Rhetorical Terminology in al-Sharīf al-Jurjānī’s (d. 816 AH) Book al-Taʿrīfāt: Between Influence and being Influenced
Lexicographical documentation is singled out as one of the glories of the Arab intellectual heritage. The best-known monument of this heritage is Al-Taʿrifāt ("The Definitions") of al-Sharīf al-Jurjānī, a storehouse of the knowledge of the sciences and arts that no one had collected. The book is an amazing record of two thousand and twenty-six definitions. This records a rich variety of intellectual, cultural, and ideological diversity. This study is limited to the rhetorical terms that belong to ʿilm al-badīʿ (the science of rhetorical adornment), which feature in it. The main goal of this study is to investigate how al-Jurjānī handled the rhetorical terminology concerning the realm of badīʿ, to discover the way he approached these terms. The analysis also seeks to highlight the extent to which al-Jurjānī was influenced by earlier scholars and how he, in turn, influenced those who came after him. To achieve its objectives, the research adopts a comparative approach, supported by additional methods such as descriptive, inductive, and historical analysis. These methodologies allow for a thorough exploration of al-Jurjānī’s lexical choices and terminological frameworks. Findings of the study indicate that al-Jurjānī was both influenced by his predecessors and had a lasting influence on subsequent scholars. His handling of badīʿ terms was selective rather than comprehensive, and it appears that his approach was not guided by allegiance to a specific school of thought. Instead, he prioritized clarity and accessibility, choosing terms that suited his style or served pedagogical purposes. The study also confirms that scholars such as Zayn al-Dīn al-Manāwī, in his al-Tawqīf ʿalā Muhimmat al-Taʿārīf, and Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿArbashāh al-Ḥanafī, in Sharḥ Talkhīṣ Miftāḥ al-ʿUlūm, were notably influenced by al-Jurjānī’s definitions.
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Textual Standards and Functional Dimensions and Values of Grammarians' Stories in Translation Books: A Phonological and Morphological Study
This attempted to examine the textual standards and functional dimensions, and values of grammarians' stories in translation books from a phonological and morphological perspective. Each grammarian's story represented a comprehensive text with integrated dimensions that consisted of three pillars are standard textual aspect, functional linguistic aspect exemplified in phonological and morphological rules, and value aspect. The study used the textual linguistic approach as a modern approach based on a set of criteria and foundations that study in texts’ coherence and consistency. It adapted the descriptive analytical approach in extrapolating textual models from grammarians’ biographical books to identify the textual and functional criteria of stories. The results showed that grammarians' stories presented linguistic information according to a partial but not a comprehensive view in a suspenseful format with the aim of entering into the chapters of language and grammar and expanding them. They established a group of phonetic issues, such as replacing the letter “ba" with "mim" in Mazen's dialect, and the phonetic fluctuations between the letters "sad" and "seen" and the positions in which they occur. In addition, the findings indicated that grammarians’ stories presented precise meanings of some morphological structures and dealt with many aspects of melody in a way that the reader cannot forget due to its connection to life events, which embodies the standards on which the text is based, such as casting, weaving, situational, informative, and acceptability. The result referred to important morphological phenomena such as the phenomenon of words in which masculine and feminine are equal, where the phenomenon of morphological structures used and neglected structures in Arabic speech such as the structure of "af'alut" and "af'alit", and the phenomenon of the permissibility of pluralizing words that carry the meaning of plural such as (mahranjam).
Copyright (c) 2025 Othman Qawaqzeh، عثمان سالم قواقزه، باعث فيصل الحروب، محمد حسن بخيت
Language as Forensic Evidence in Selected Examples of Crime Fiction: Novels by Agatha Christie
This study examines the role of language as a tool for uncovering crime in selected examples of Agatha Christie's novels. It falls within the framework of forensic linguistics as a new field that has not received sufficient attention in Arabic literature, particularly studies that take the novel as a model for analyzing language and revealing its role in identifying perpetrators, which contributes to solving many communication and legal problems in courts and police stations. The analysis adopted the intentional approach, which depends on the author's intention to interpret literary texts and understand the symbols and stylistic and pragmatic characteristics of language. To be specific, it attempts to understand the stylistic characteristics of grammar, semantics, morphology, and sound, in which the second links the literary text to social context that contributes to understanding the connotations of the language employed, whether written or spoken, and explains the psychological state of both the speakers and addressees. To achieve the objective of the study, the researcher adapted an introductory approach by providing an introduction to forensic literature, a theoretical foundation that examined the concept and fields of forensic linguistics. The study also defined analytical methodological tools and the applied practices that included dialogue analysis, written messages, recordings, and audio calls as a comprehensive framework for spoken and written language axes. This interdisciplinary study combines both linguistics and legal science in its various manifestations: investigation, adjudication, and ruling, in addition to the significant role that language shares in understanding crime and the psychology of defendants, and what witness statements indicate based on the theory of speech acts. However, the results of the study showed that the possibility of investing in crime literature in the field of forensic linguistics, as an application of linguistic visions derived from legal science.
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The Impact of Syntactic Repetition on Nazik Al-Malaika's Poetry Cohesion
This study analysed the impact of syntactic repetition in analyzing the role of repetition in achieving textual cohesion in Nazik Al-Malaika's poetry by exploring its patterns and functions through the lens of text linguistics. It reflected several questions related to the intentionality of repetition and its contribution to constructing poetic imagery and intensifying meaning. This is, in addition, to discussing its psychological, rhythmic, semantic, and pragmatic dimensions. The study adopted the descriptive-analytical methodology and focused on four main types of repetition, including phonemes, words, sentences, and rhetorical structures (interrogative, vocative, optative, and imperative). The results revealed that repetition in Nazik Al-Malaika’s poetry is used with precise artistic awareness, reproducing the depth of emotional experience and contributing to the reinforcement of meaning. The findings showed that repetition is implemented to attain the construction of poetic imagery, and achieve the coherence and cohesion of the text, and enrich its semantic and pragmatic dimensions. Moreover, repetition serves as a persuasive tool that influences the reader. The study also highlights the poet’s awareness of textual construction techniques and her ability to use repetition to break monotony and infuse vitality into the text
The Argumentative Discourse in al-Ma‘arri’s Elegy
This study presents a critical argumentative reading of Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī’s poem "Of No Avail in My Doctrine and Belief", treating the text as a philosophical discourse that shows more than expressing grief. It reshapes awareness of death from a rational, existential perspective. The study is based on the central notion that presents traditional mourning rituals, such as weeping, wailing, and chanting, as ultimately ineffective, merely reflecting emotional outbursts unanchored in intellectual reflection or firm philosophical conviction. The study comprises three sections. The first section sheds light on the poem’s central argumentative notion, in which al-Maʿarrī critiques dominant cultural norms surrounding expressions of grief, framing his rejection through his stance "In My Doctrine and Belief," thus granting his discourse both existential and intellectual legitimacy. The second section analyzes the types of argumentation used in the poem, which range across rational, historical, religious, and symbolic modes. These strategies collectively persuade the reader by appealing to logic, symbolism, history, and belief. The section also examines the rhetorical devices al-Maʿarrī employs to support his arguments, such as evaluative rhetorical questions, structural repetition, semantic irony, and symbolic imagery. These tools serve not only aesthetic purposes but also function to unsettle prevailing assumptions and reconstruct values. The final section discusses the poem’s overall argumentative structure, which progresses logically from critique, to evidence, to philosophical grounding and finally to closure, resulting in a coherent dialectical structure reminiscent of philosophical discourse. The study adopts a pragmatic argumentative approach, using rhetorical analysis and philosophical critique tools. This methodology provides an in-depth exploration of the argumentative architecture in al-Maʿarrī’s poetry, revealing that his poem is not a traditional elegy, but rather a rational, critical discourse that reconsiders conventional modes of expressing death and proposes a symbolic alternative aligned with a knowledge-based vision free from habit and emotion
The Image of War in the Novel: The Last Resurrection of Batoul by Ziad Hamami
This study examines the novel The Last Resurrection of Al-Batoul by the novelist Ziad as a literary text that reflects the outcomes of the Syrian revolution and the profound violence, oppression, and human suffering it entailed. It considers the Syrian revolution as part of the broader movement known as the "Arab Spring," whose effects extended beyond the political sphere to social, psychological, and cultural structures of Arab societies, especially, the Syrian community. The research aims to analyze how the novel represents these transformations through a structuralist approach complemented by other critical perspectives, focusing on dismantling the narrative structure and internal artistic elements, as well as the use of symbols and significations employed by the author to convey his humanitarian and political vision. The novel highlights war and revolution as complex phenomena that transcend military and political frameworks to affect the Syrian self’s structure, revealing internal fragmentation and social and ethical collapse. The neighborhood of "Al-Bandara” a central locale in the text transforms into a stage for the dramatic changes impacting society and collective consciousness. The study concludes that The Last Resurrection of Al-Batoul does not offer a mere documentary narrative of reality but constructs a profound artistic vision blending realism and symbolic density to craft a literary testimony pulsating with tension and rebellion, reflecting the fragmentation of the self and loss of meaning amid chaos and destruction. This makes it one of the most significant literary works documenting the tragedy of the Syrian people through a mature aesthetic and critical perspective
Sound Reduction in [Fuʿul] and [Fuʿūl] Patterns in the Frequent Qur’anic Readings: A Comparative Analytical Study
This study explores a linguistic phenomenon in the Arabic language observed in the seventh sequential Qur’anic readings reflecting dialectal variations. It focuses on the successive occurrence of the [dammah] (short /u/ vowel) in the patterns [Fu‘ul] and [Fu‘ūl], which represents phonetic heaviness in pronunciation. The significance of this research lies in several aspects: identifying the different ways this phonetic sequence is mitigated. The importance of this study appears in its attempt to understand the reasons behind the occurrence of this phonetic sequence by analysing how modern phonetic researchers view the claim that phonetic heaviness was the primary reason for eliminating this sequence, as suggested by early linguists. The findings of the study showed that there was no consensus among Qur’anic readers regarding the perception of phonetic heaviness in the [Fu‘ul] and [Fu‘ūl] patterns, and those who opted for vowel reduction through [sukūn] (vowel suppression) perceived the sequence as heavy, whereas those who maintained the original form, with consecutive /dammahs/, found no problem in that, and the evident is the variation in their reading approaches between maintaining and easing the phonetic load. Modern phonetic scholars also share a similar view with early linguists, acknowledging that heaviness was a reason for eliminating consecutive /dammahs/ by using [sukūn]. Therefore, modern phonetic analysis also attempted to show that words adopting the [Fu‘ūl] pattern, such as [buyūt] (houses), exhibit greater structural harmony and phonetic coherence compared to alternative pronunciations, particularly when the /fā’/ of the word is altered. This is because the original form maintains a balanced phonetic structure, aligning the /dammah/ in the first syllable with the [wāw] in [Fu‘ūl], whereas an alternative pronunciation (breaking the /fā’/) disrupts this harmony by introducing a phonetic contrast between the /dammah/ and the initial [yā’] of the second syllable.
The Concept of al-Khabīth 'improper' in Sibawayh's Grammar: Its Concept, Contexts, Criteria, and Constraints
This research examines the concept of al-Khabīth 'improper' in Sibawayh's grammar. Although this evaluative and categorical judgment appears in limited topics by Sibawayh, it was later addressed by subsequent scholars in a similarly limited manner as well, but it has not received the necessary attention that clarifies its concept and dimensions in Arabic. Therefore, the research aims to clarify this concept linguistically and technically, and seeks to reveal the manifestations and constraints of its use in the Arabic language. The significance of this study stems from the fact that it addresses a common issue in evaluative grammar, but it has not received its due attention in research. This study is an attempt to explain the aspects of issuing this judgement and its criteria as based on Sibawayh’s notion and the linguists who followed his tradition, as well as the terms that are synonymous in their usage. It also reveals the guidelines for applying this judgment and its connection to prescriptive or aesthetic judgements in linguistics research. In addition, this paper examines the concept of “improper” and its use in a manner that exposes the linguistic issues that are subject to its authority, identifies scholars’ controls and standards in its application, and explains its connection to the guidelines associated with it in linguistic evaluation. The researcher adapted the descriptive-analytical approach by tracing the aspects of using this concept, categorizing it into issues, and analyzing it through a review of scholars' opinions on the matters that have been judged as improper.
Historical Imagination between Text and Power: Tamer Rady’s Novel “Alwabbas” as a Model
History represents a fertile, necessary field for the narrative imagination to work on, which is rather reread and interpreted in light of contemporary data. It is not surprising, thus, that history constitutes the main idea around which the novel “Alwabbas” revolves, which reads the contemporary political scene in light of the term “historical imagination”. The objective of the study examines the duality of text and power to demonstrate its effectiveness in representation and depiction, reveal its semantic dimensions in reading the manifestations of power and the form of its presence in the political rendering in light of the novelistic text, besides its ability to open an unrestricted horizon for writing as stated in “The Novel Al-“Wabbas” by Tamer Rady as a Model." The study adopted narrative semiotics and the Greimasian perspective, due to the abundance of characters, events, plots, diversity of places. The study concluded that historical imagination is effective in representation and depiction, as the title formed a representative discourse of authority in all its relations: religious, cultural, mythological, and political. The study concluded that historical imagination is effective in representation and depiction, as the title formed a representative discourse of authority in all its relations: religious, cultural, mythological, and political, which revealed the nature of authoritarian regimes, just as the strategy of language and naming revealed the mechanism of the formation of cultural, religious, and mental systems in understanding authority and the position towards it in loyalty and confrontation. The effectiveness of historical imagination and its metaphorical dimension emerged in the entire scene of the geography of Ras al-Khayl, as it revealed an ancient and new historical and existential conflict, which is the conflict between the Persians and the Romans.
The Rhetoric of Al-Hijjaj in Ibn Al-Rumi’s Ba’iyyah: " Da‘i al Lawma Inna al-Lawma ‘Awn al-Nawa’ib
This paper examines the rhetorical analysis of Ibn al-Rumi's poem (Da‘i al-Lawma Inna al-Lawma ‘Awn al-Nawa’ib) "Let the blame go, blame helps the afflictions", where he uses his rhetorical, argumentative, and dialectical potential to construct a begging speech addressed to Abu al-Abbas Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Thawaba, head of the Diwan of Letters of some Abbasid caliphs to solicit his sympathy and induce him to give without the need for the poet to travel to Samarra. The research reveals Ibn Rumi's mechanisms in constructing his arguments, as he depends on various strategies, most notably begging, repetition, image inversion, and emotional urgency, and exploits the exaggerated depiction of his suffering to deepen the persuasive effect. He also combines logical and rhetorical techniques to enhance the effectiveness of his speech. The research follows the rhetorical argumentation approach, analyzing the strategies of persuasion and the use of rhetorical tools in the formation of arguments and their impact on the recipient. The research concludes that Ibn Rumi was able, through his elaborate argumentative structure, to construct a coherent begging discourse that skillfully employs rhetorical images and emotional appeals, revealing his deep awareness of the requirements of persuasion in the context of praise and begging, and emphasizing the role of rhetorical argumentation in shaping poetic discourse and achieving its communicative purposes. The research also recommends the necessity of pursuing argumentation studies in poetic texts, in search of different argumentation patterns and their rhetorical mechanisms, and the extent of their impact on the structure of the poem and its persuasive function in different literary contexts.