Cogency in Hassan Bin Thabit Poetry Pragmatic Approach

Abstract

This approach seeks to reveal the cogent pragmatic phenomenon in the ancient Islamic poetic discourse, by tracing the cogency and its techniques used in the poetic speech of Hassan. This would help us to show the secrets of this literary phenomenon and the strategy of persuasion followed. We hope to comprehend such phenomenon as we deal with an ancient poetic text by using a modern knowledge tool. We believe that the ancient Arabic poetry is a rich material. We also believe in the high ability of its great poets in the aspects of creation, entertainment and influence. Hence the importance of the approach concerning its nature in dealing with the poetry of Hassan bin Thabit hoping to get new aspirations, goals and a different perspective based on the pragmatic theory and its concepts from one hand, the importance of cogency, its techniques, its functions in forming the meaning, its direction and style as a landmark that refers to the nature of the intellectual and cultural system of the speaker from the other hand.