Discourse strategies of al-Sayeda Zainab’s (as)‎ Sermon in Yazid’s palace

Abstract EN

Undoubtedly Sermons play a very vital role as in social aspects , religious ideas , political issues and moral education, etc.

The sermon of Al-Sayeda Zainab (S.A.) in the palace of Yazid is proposed to be analyzed in this paper .

On the other hand sermon can be both oral and written.

They have to address a wide range of hearers by various social and educational levels.

The paper is concerned with the critical discourse analysis of one of the sermons of Al-Sayeda Zainab, specifically, her sermon in Yazid’s palace in Sham.

The sermon to be analyzed in the current study is picked up at random among several texts available on the website.

The sermon has been records by several writers and uploaded on the website .The study also presents a theoretical background to the concept of critical discourse analysis.

The study adopts two models for the analysis, namely, van Dijk's Ideological Square (1998) for the macro-level analysis, and van Dijk's Ideological Discourse Analysis (1995b) to find out the discursive strategies which are adopted in the sermon of Al-Sayeda Zainab Peace be upon her.