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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic prose work
ⓘ
literary criticism work ⓘ rhetorical treatise ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Basra school of philology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Al-Jahiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
anecdotes
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exemplary speeches ⓘ historical reports ⓘ linguistic observations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 9th century ⓘ |
| discusses |
eloquent speech
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errors in speech ⓘ linguistic clarity ⓘ oratory ⓘ social function of language ⓘ stylistic ornamentation ⓘ |
| field |
linguistics
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philology ⓘ rhetorical theory ⓘ |
| genre | adab literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthorBirthplace | Basra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorDeathPlace | Basra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorEthnicity | Arab ⓘ |
| hasAuthorReligion | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Arabic literary criticism tradition
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Arabic rhetoric ⓘ later Arabic prose stylists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Quranic Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early Arabic oratory ⓘ pre-Islamic Arabic poetry ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Arabic literary criticism
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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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