The Poem of Al-Burda in Light of de Beaugrande’s Textual Standards

Abstract

The research entitled (The Burda Poem in Light of De Beaugrand's Textual Standards) included an abstract in both Arabic and English, followed by an introduction in which the research addressed the importance of the research, its objectives, and the descriptive approach followed. The research was divided according to the nature of the scientific material into four sections. In the first section, the criterion of casting in the Burda poem was addressed in its two types: grammatical and lexical. In the second section, the research dealt with interweaving, and showed that the interweaving meanings are achieved through relationships that may be causal, perhaps explanatory, and other matters that were addressed during the research. The third section included the criterion of intentionality, i.e. the speaker's intention in creating this poem. In the fourth section, the research addressed the situation, i.e. the occasion and situation that clarify the purpose of the text to the reader. In the sixth section, which is informativeness, the research examined the means that achieve the highest degree of informativeness, such as metaphors. Therefore, the sixth section was titled: Acceptability. It is a criterion related to the recipient and the extent of his acceptance of the text, and the last criterion is intertextuality, and then a brief conclusion followed by the results reached by the research, the most prominent of which are the following: The criteria of casting and weaving were evident in the text, and contributed to achieving coherence on the formal and semantic levels, as deletion contributed to strengthening and intensifying the contents through combining and connecting several issues of a similar idea. The poet took into account in his poem Al-Burda the status of the addressees, so the article came in proportion to the situation. In the situation of talking with the Messenger, we find him being gentle and using phrases in a way that is appropriate, while in addressing the beloved, he uses good descriptions at times, and stinging descriptions at other times. Through this criterion of acceptability related to the recipient, he ensured the impact on the addressee, as well as the continuity of understanding for the recipient. Then, it was proven by the sources and references from which the research drew its scientific material