Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin

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Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin is a seminal 9th-century Arabic work by Al-Jahiz on rhetoric, eloquence, and Arabic prose style, regarded as one of the foundational texts of Arabic literary criticism.

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instanceOf Arabic prose work
literary criticism work
rhetorical treatise
associatedWith Basra school of philology NERFINISHED
author Al-Jahiz NERFINISHED
contains anecdotes
exemplary speeches
historical reports
linguistic observations
countryOfOrigin Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED
dateOfComposition 9th century
discusses eloquent speech
errors in speech
linguistic clarity
oratory
social function of language
stylistic ornamentation
field linguistics
philology
rhetorical theory
genre adab literature
hasAuthorBirthplace Basra NERFINISHED
hasAuthorDeathPlace Basra NERFINISHED
hasAuthorEthnicity Arab
hasAuthorReligion Islam NERFINISHED
influenced Arabic literary criticism tradition
Arabic rhetoric
later Arabic prose stylists
influencedBy Quranic Arabic NERFINISHED
early Arabic oratory
pre-Islamic Arabic poetry
literaryForm prose
mainTopic Arabic literary criticism
Arabic prose style
eloquence
rhetoric
movement classical Arabic literature
originalLanguage Arabic
partOf classical Arabic adab canon
regardedAs foundational text of Arabic literary criticism
major work of Al-Jahiz
timePeriod Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED
titleLanguage Arabic
titleTranslation The Book of Eloquence and Exposition NERFINISHED
usedAs reference for classical Arabic usage
usedIn study of Arabic literary history
study of Arabic rhetoric

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Al-Jahiz knownFor Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin
Al-Jahiz notableWork Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin