Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
CUMHURIYET ILAHIYAT DERGISI-CUMHURIYET THEOLOGY JOURNAL, cilt.23, sa.2, ss.911-928, 2019 (ESCI)
Balagha, which consists of three main branches today, has benefited from various channels in the process of completing its formation. Before the formation of systematic balagha, it is assumed that there were two main currents, one represented by poets and lite-rati, and the other represented by scholars. This article aims to determine the place of Abu 'Uthman al-Jahiz (255/869), one of the main names who wrote in the field of balagha, in the pre-formation period of balagha science. The documentary analysis method will be used mainly in the research. The determinations of al-Jahiz on balagha will be analysed in accordance with the parameters, categories and concepts of systematic balagha. By examining alJahiz's rhetorical understanding through the filter of systematic balagha, the share of pre-formation period balagha within systematic balagha will be revealed. Another contribution of the study would be to reveal the balagha understanding of al-Jahiz with its main frames. Examining al-Jahiz's concept of balagha, on the other hand, will facilitate understanding of his unique concepts of balagha and bayan. Because al-Jahiz designed a broad communication framework, which he calls bayan, and considered balagha as a sub-category within this design. Balagha is the subject of verbal communication in this design.