حجاجية المناظرات الأدبية: المناظرة بين السيف والقلم لابن نباتة المصري نموذجا مقاربة أسلوبية

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Argumentation (polemics) is currently among the top issues in the study of pragmatics.

The origin of the study of argumentation can be traced back to ancient Western and Arabic literary and rhetorical studies.

This study falls into two major parts: a theoretical part tackling the theory of argumentation, and a practical one that attempts to apply the principles of argumentation in the analysis of a particular text: The Debate between The Sword and the Pen, by Mohammed ibn Nabata (686-768 h.).

The study explores the development of the art of argumentation in both Arabic-Islamic and Western literature, citing the main scholars who contributed significantly to this line of research.

In addition, the study casts light on the theory of argumentation / polemics tackling its key concepts, conditions, types, principles along with its pragmatic nature.

Drawing on all this, the study then analyses the text of the Debate between Sword and the Pen, by Mohammed ibn Nabata (686-768 h.) After dealing with the title and showing its intra-textual significance in the debate, it identifies the strategies of argumentation employed by the writer of the debate.

These fall into two main types: frst, a set of strategies that largely draw on the "content/meaning" of the argument, such as the use of religious evidence (Quran, Prophetic tradition) alongside utilizing certain literary devices (sayings and values).

Second, a group of strategies that deal primarily with the "form" of the argument.

The latter group comprises strategies of various sorts: Rhetorical strategies that focus on devices such as imagery, synonyms and antonyms.

Another set of strategies (among the latter type) include stylistic strategies such as repetition, the art of questioning, verbal exclamatory style, negation, pronouns, vocative case, emphasis, grammatical specifying / exemption, the use of promising and assertory oaths particles, alliteration, rhyming, assonance, dialogue, confirmation, linking, together with the structure of contradiction, juxtaposition, paradox, and irony.

Finally, the study concludes with an overall assessment of the debate and provides a conclusion to the analysis of the text of the debate between the Sword and the Pen.