A pragma-rhetorical study of irony in al-imam al-Hassan's sermon

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This paper is a pragma- rhetorical study of irony in Al-Imam Al-Hassan's (peace be upon him) sermon to Muawia bin Abi Sufyan.

It attempts to shed light on two types of irony: verbal and situational.

It studies irony from two angles: pragmatically and rhetorically.

Pragmatically, speech acts and Grice's maxims are analyzed in Al-Imam Al-Hassan's sermon.

Rhetorically, metaphor and rhetorical question are explicated in the sermon.

This paper is divided into two parts: theoretical and practical.

Theoretically, irony is defined and allied with pragmatics and rhetoric.

Practically, Al-Imam Al-Hassan's (PBUH) sermon is analyzed according to the two above angles.