Arabic, Persian, and Turkic Poetics: Towards a Post-Eurocentric Literary Theory
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The term ῥητορική, (Romanised as rhétoriké), transliterated into Arabic as rīṭūrīqā The term ῥητορική, (Romanised as rhétoriké), transliterated into Arabic as rīṭūrīqā
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The term τέχνη (techne), rendered into Arabic as ṣināʿa (art/craft) The term τέχνη (techne), rendered into Arabic as ṣināʿa (art/craft)
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The term συλλογισμός (syllogismos), rendered into Arabic as al-qiyās (analogy) The term συλλογισμός (syllogismos), rendered into Arabic as al-qiyās (analogy)
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The term δοχα (doxa), rendered into Arabic as al-ẓann (opinion) The term δοχα (doxa), rendered into Arabic as al-ẓann (opinion)
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The term πιστις (Pistis), rendered into Arabic as al-Taṣdīq (assent) The term πιστις (Pistis), rendered into Arabic as al-Taṣdīq (assent)
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The term τοπος (topos), rendered into the Arabic as mawḍiʿ (place or topic) The term τοπος (topos), rendered into the Arabic as mawḍiʿ (place or topic)
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12 From Balāgha to Intiqād: Politicising the Science of Literature in Modern Arabic Literary Thought
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2 The Arabic Commentary Tradition on Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A New Space for Greek Logical and Rhetorical Terminology
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Published:21 November 2024
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In this chapter, the construction of logical and rhetorical terminology within the context of the medieval Arabic commentary tradition on Aristotle’s Rhetoric is examined. Notably, Aristotelianism played a pivotal role in the intellectual discourse, particularly among Muslim philosophers and commentators such as al-Farabi, Avicenna, and Averroes. Various aspects of the ‘borrowing’ and ‘adaptation’ of Greek rhetorical terms into Arabic discourse on language, rhetoric, and logic are explored, including transliteration and the semantic approximation of grammatical, logical, and rhetorical concepts. The working terms that are discussed include ῥητορική (rendered in Arabic as riṭūrīqā or al-khaṭāba), τέχνη (al-ṣinā ͨ a), syllogism/analogy (al-qiyās), doxa (al-ẓann), πιστις (al-taṣdīq), and τοπος/τοποι (mawḍi ͨ). The conclusion reached emphasises that the epistemological foundations of rhetorical terminology used in the Arabic commentaries were primarily informed by Arabic jurisprudence (fiqh), Arabic linguistics (ilm/fiqh al-lugha), and the discourse on the art or science of logic (ilm/ṣinā ͨ at al-manṭiq).
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