Teşekkül Öncesi Dönem Belâgat Akımları: Cahiz Örneği
Balāgha Currents Before the Formation Period: The Case of al-Jāḥiẓ

Summary/Abstract: Balāgha, which consists of three main branches today, has benefited from various channels in the process of completing its formation. Before the formation of systematic balāgha, it is assumed that there were two main currents, one represented by poets and literati, and the other represented by scholars. This article aims to determine the place of Abū ʿUthmān al-Jāḥiẓ (255/869), one of the main names who wrote in the field of balāgha, in the pre-formation period of balāgha science. The documentary analysis method will be used mainly in the research. The determinations of al-Jāḥiẓ on balāgha will be analysed in accordance with the parameters, categories and concepts of systematic balāgha. By examining alJāḥiẓ’s rhetorical understanding through the filter of systematic balāgha, the share of pre-formation period balāgha within systematic balāgha will be revealed. Another contribution of the study would be to reveal the balāgha understanding of al-Jāḥiẓ with its main frames. Examining al-Jāḥiẓ’s concept of balāgha, on the other hand, will facilitate understanding of his unique concepts of balāgha and bayān. Because al-Jāḥiẓ designed a broad communication framework, which he calls bayān, and considered balāgha as a sub-category within this design. Balāgha is the subject of verbal communication in this design.

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